the Magic Carpet and Door in Drain: An Enchanting Middle-Grade Fantasy About Hidden Doors, a Grumpy Rug, Price of

Every town keeps one door it pretends not to see.Wren Calloway's great-aunt Jo vanished five years ago, and everyone in Marlow says she's not coming back. Everyone except Wren.When a threadbare old rug arrives in a box of Aunt Jo's belongings, it comes with a voice attached - dusty, sarcastic, and two hundred years old. The rug, Fray, once guarded the secret doorways hidden all over town: in storm drains, bricked-up alleys, locked school stairwells. Now the doors are unraveling again, pets and small treasures are disappearing, and something on the other side has started to count.To find out what really happened to her aunt, Wren will have to do the impossible: team up with a grumpy carpet with almost no powers left, learn a magical trade where every repair has a cost - a memory, a treasure, a piece of time - and fix what's broken, one impossible stitch at a time. - A heroine who checks twice - a five-year-old mystery nobody finished, until now - A companion readers never forget - insult-slinging, secretly softhearted, allergic to sincerity - Spooky but safe - genuine thrills, zero gore, for strong readers ages 9-12 - Hidden doors, secret maps, small-town magic - with real heart under the adventure "A closed book is not an ending. It's a door with manners."Turn the page - and mind the drain.