The story: Moss feels like she's one of the prisoners at the Tower of London. She's never been outside its walls, but life inside is gruesome enough: her father executes famous prisoners like Sir Thomas More and Henry VIII's wife Anne Boleyn, while Moss catches their bloody heads in a basket below. She hates the life and plans to escape, but little does she know that her father is trying to keep her safe from a ghost's curse outside the walls...a curse that will unfold on her twelfth birthday. When Moss runs away, she finds a first friend and a lifetime's worth of adventure--but she also finds that when a ghost comes looking for you, there's no place you can hide.
June Cleaver's ratings: Language G; Violence PG (implied drownings, but not graphic); Sexual content G; Nudity G; Substance abuse PG; Magic and the occult PG-13; GLBT content G; adult themes (death of a parent, turbulent parent-child relationships, creepy happenings) PG; overall rating PG.
Liz's comments: This was an interesting juxtaposition of historical adventure and ghost story. I liked it a lot, but feel that the heroine's age (not quite 12) and its historical setting will be a turn-off for most MS readers. Most-appropriate age level rating is probably grades 4-6.
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