11-year-old Rowan Fitzgerald discovers the library her estranged grandfather runs is filled with magical objects–but only one holds the key to her family’s mysterious past. After being expelled from boarding school–again–Rowan isn’t sure what to expect upon arriving at Fitzgerald Manor. But it sure isn’t this. The estate is opulent. Lush. Grand. Mind-boggling. And at the heart of it all is Cillian Fitzgerald,her enigmatic grandfatherand his pride and joy: the Library of Curiosities. Noweveryone knows that libraries are the best. But the Library of Curiosities is the best of the bestbecause its collection contains a vast trove of magical objects from which lucky patrons can borrow to fix their everyday problems. Still stuck on that language arts story assignment? Try writing it on the enchanted typewriter and see if that doesn’t get the words flowing. Hoping to land the lead in the school musical? Check out a wishing sock. (Use high heat to activate.) It doesn’t take long for Rowan to realize that in this wondrous placeher own problems–her painful want of familyher deep desire for friends–might actually be solved for the first time in her life. Except. Except that library curiosities have started going missingand suspicion is falling squarely on Rowan’s shoulders. Except that Cillian’s dangerous archenemythe vengeful and slippery Silverjacknow has Rowan in his sightstoo. Except that there is the ongoing matter of the Everhart curiositywhich hasn’t been seen in yearsbut if found could help Rowan at last unsnarl her family’s tangledstrange history. To clear her nameto avoid captureto locate the EverhartRowan will have to fight forces both within and outside of the library that threaten everything she’s only just begun to hold dear.