Middleview is surrounded by a black mist known as the shadow. It's been there for twelve years, slowly destroying the people that live there. The only sunshine is at the outreaches of the shadow.

Ellen Nolan is like most girls in Middleview if you discount her penchant for riddles and whistling. Otherwise, she's completely typical-- engaged to be married, five younger siblings, a best friend that's been gone for six weeks...

Come to think of it, Alice has been gone for too long. When Alice ... more »

Middleview is surrounded by a black mist known as the shadow. It's been there for twelve years, slowly destroying the people that live there. The only sunshine is at the outreaches of the shadow.

Ellen Nolan is like most girls in Middleview if you discount her penchant for riddles and whistling. Otherwise, she's completely typical-- engaged to be married, five younger siblings, a best friend that's been gone for six weeks...

Come to think of it, Alice has been gone for too long. When Alice shows up with news of a black marble castle that holds the key to removing the shadow for all time, Ellen decides to go... and ends up in a castle filled with cat-fairies, flowers, sunshine, and birds.

Oh, and let's not forget the hovering shadow that seems as if it's harboring a secret... and that is not what it seems.  Less