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'Can a broken young girl help a guilt-ridden grotesque stop the monsters?

'An Unprotected City

'The Grotesques have been taken down from the roof of St. Giles Old Priory School. With the Guardians statue-trapped, there is no one left to protect Haven from the monsters.

'Unexpected Heroes

'Despite crippling injuries from a falling grotesque statue, twelve-year-old Olivia Stone finds herself on the front lines in the battle between Good and Evil. Olivia needs to rescue Yip, the smallest living grotesque and the cause of her accident, discover the hidden power locked within her, and find a way to outwit the trixies. But trixies know every trick in the book, and while they may look sweet and childlike, something nasty is drawing these solitary pests together and their pranks are turning deadly.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'I don’t like spiders…they give me the shivers.” Olivia shudders to prove her point.

'Dreamweavers feed on the dread and despair of their victims.  To help Yip stop their nightmarish infestation of the city, Olivia has to prowl dark streets, brave the boy’s toilet, and break into the old Haven Asylum.

'She must face her greatest fear, the mother of all spiders, if she has any hope of saving her friend, Emmett.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Is there a connection between the Dark Carnival's arrival in Haven, and the spate of strange sightings and missing pets across the city?

'The guardian magic, that lends twelve-year-old Olivia her strength and lets her see in the dark, is slowly turning her to stone. Olivia knows monsters are real, she has the scars and nightmares to prove it. She fights them at night while her parents think she is tucked-up safe in bed.

'Together with Yip, the tiny grotesque and Glori, a wingless grave sprite, she has outsmarted a hoard of malevolent trixies, and crushed an infestation of magical spiders. Now, the three unlikely guardians are about to face the most dangerous monster of them all.

'They will not be able to win this fight alone.' (Publication summary)