The Phantom Tower

✍ Scribed by Keir Graff

• Book ID: 100609525
• Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group; G.P. Putnam's Sons
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: en-US
• Weight: 292 KB
• Edition: First edition
• Category: Fiction
• City: New York, NY
• ISBN: 1524739537

✦ Synopsis

****Twin brothers discover their new home is also a portal --for an hour a day--to a parallel dimension in this rollicking middle-grade adventure, perfect for fans of The Mysterious Benedict Society
Colm and Mal are twins so identical their own mom can't tell them apart, but they're different in just about every other way. Mal's a pragmatist while Colm's a dreamer, and they bicker and battle constantly. Neither brother is excited to be moving to Chicago for a fresh start with their mom just after their dad's death. But nothing cures homesickness like intrigue--and their new home, Brunhild Tower, has plenty of it: mysterious elderly neighbors who warn against wandering the building at midday, strange sounds in the walls, and an elevator missing a button for the thirteenth floor.
One day, that button appears--and when the doors open on the missing floor, the boys are greeted by the strangest puzzle yet: a twin building that is stuck...

✦ Subjects

JUVENILE FICTION -- Lifestyles -- City & Town Life