After twelve-year-old Natalie writes a wonderful novel, her friend Zoe helps her devise a scheme to get it accepted at the publishing house where Natalie's mother works as an editor.

"Legendary literary game-maker Garrison Griswold is back in action this time with 'Unlock the rock' . . . Griswold has partnered with the famous--and famously reclusive--mystery writer Errol Roy to plan an epic escape room challenge on Alcatraz Island. Emily and James are eager to participate, but the wave of fame they are riding from their recent book-hunting adventures makes them a target. Threatening notes, missing items, and an accident that might...

Thirteen-year-old Penelope Tredwell, heiress and author of best-selling tales of the macabre in England, is invited to investigate the mysterious phenomenon of inmates at the Bedlam madhouse trance-writing every night.