UNEARTHLY ASYLUM

When Joy’s pet frog gets away, Joy sneaks onto the grounds of the town's asylum and discovers mysteries that reinforce Joy's beliefs that there are supernatural forces at work in the town of Spooking.

Joy Wells is fascinated by the strange noises coming from the old Spooking Asylum. She knows all about the famous legends that surround the place, and is certain that she is hearing the guns of long-dead soldiers. But what if something more contemporary—and truly ghastly—is going on? When Joy’s pet frog, Fizz, gets away, she, her brother and their elusive friend Poppy travel through the town’s old sewers looking for him, only to emerge above ground—inside the locked gates of the asylum. There, Joy uncovers a trail of greed and madness guaranteed to thrill her horror-loving heart!

P.J. Bracegirdle has done everything from tending the stage door of a haunted old Scottish thaeter to pushing laundry carts through dark tunnels under an insane asylum. He lives with his son and wife (illustrator Susan Mitchell) in Montreal - a spooky old town with a cemetery at the summit. For more information, visit www.pjbracegirdle.com and www.joyofspooking.com.