Spirit of Hal O'Ween (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798248152575)

In the bustling, impossible metropolis of ghosTown-a world built inside a massive pumpkin mountain where Victorian mansions hang upside-down and monsters dance in the streets-the magic is running out. The Great Pumpkin Lantern, the heart of the city, is flickering into grey static because the children of the human world have stopped believing in the "wonderfully weird".

Mads is a twelve-year-old artist with a imagination that burns brighter than most. But after being told that "specific is lonely" and "general is safe," she hides her most personal creation-a swirling, cosmic Galaxy-Ghost-deep in her backpack.

When Dr. Hal O'Ween, the theatrical and weary caretaker of curiosity, steps through her bedroom mirror, Mads is offered a choice: stay safe in a world of muted colors, or travel to a fading realm to save the sparks of imagination before the moon goes dark.

To save ghosTown, Mads must face The Grey-a chilling force of silence and sameness that feeds on the fear of being judged. Alongside a living top hat named Mr. Hat, Mads will learn that her "weirdness" isn't a flaw-it's the only magic powerful enough to bring the color back to the world.

"Spirit of Hal O 'Ween" is a cinematic, heart-filled adventure for anyone who has ever felt too "different" to fit in. It is a celebration of creative bravery and a reminder that the things that make us strange are the very things that make us shine.