An interesting combination of fantasy, science fiction and horror, this book is hard to put down.  Although the cover art implies a 3rd or 4th grade reader, the content is definitely for older readers (5th – 7th grade).  In this story, a 12 year old girl named Josephine lives an unhappy life with a father who ignores her completely and without friends.  When a little boy who also doesn’t speak arrives at her remote house seemingly out of no where with ragged clothes, she is confused but thankful for a friend.  He stays for a short time then disappears back into the run down shed in the back yard.  In looking for the boy in the shed, Josephine tumbles into a void and another world full of danger and life-gobbling monsters.  Will Josephine ever make it out of this perilous world to get home and does she really want to leave her new friends for the life she left behind?  Read to find out!