The saucer shatters on the dining room floor-then vanishes before George reaches it. His sister Henrietta swears she saw a woman in the upstairs hallway, floating through walls. Their parents dismiss it as overactive imaginations until their mother watches a jewelry box drift past her, accompanied by a fierce whisper: "It's mine." The Buonarroti family just wanted a fresh start in their Civil War-era Virginia house. What they got was a locked attic, a hidden staircase, and two spirits who've been waiting 160 years for someone to uncover the truth. As Christmas approaches and the supernatural encounters escalate from mysterious to violent, thirteen-year-old Henrietta and her younger brother George discover that their ghosts aren't just haunting the house-they're protecting a secret that could finally set them free. But first, the family must piece together a story of grief, murder, and a soldier's undelivered letters buried behind the walls. Some houses remember. Some houses won't let go.
