The Books of Elsewhere: The Shadows

by Jacqueline West
Lexile:  770
Genre:  Fantasy

Olive Dunwoody and her family have moved into a strange new house, recently vacated by the old lady McMartin.  It's a big, creepy, old house and Olive is scared to go into the basement.  But things get really spooky when Olive notices that the eyes on the paintings are following her...and strange things are moving in the shadows...and not to mention the fact that there is a talking cat in the basement.  Olive senses that something strange is going on in the shadows...