11-year-old Olive Dunwoody and her parents have just moved into an old mansion. Olive thinks things are moving around in the creepy paintings left behind by the previous owner. While exploring the house she finds a pair of glasses that allow her to enter the paintings and talk with the people in them. Olive meets a young boy named Morton who tells her someone has trapped him inside the painting. Olive is determined to help, but who can she trust?
Similar authors: Roald Dahl
Similar books: Coraline (Gaiman), Wolves in the Walls (Gaiman), Graveyard Book (Gaiman) Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat (Jonell)
Date read: 7/4/2010
ISBN: 0803734409
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