Awards

• Nominated for Louisiana Young Reader's Choice Master List 2025

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★ ""A fiendishly clever mystery whose atmosphere is thick with fevered accusations and Halloween fun.""—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review ★ ""This atmospheric, magic-infused mystery with an unsettling ending is a party readers won’t want to miss. . . . Devilishly clever.""—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review   ""G.Z. Schmidt's whimsical mystery tale reads like a mashup of Clue and the Brothers Grimm, with plenty of creepy-fun thrills and clever twists along the way. An autumn-tinted, cozy mystery treat for young readers!""—Ben Guterson, Edgar Award nominated author of The Winterhouse Trilogy ""A fun, spooky, puzzling tale that's perfect for reading under the covers. It's The Westing Game meets The Addams Family, with a cast of suitably quirky characters you'd expect—along with a few you didn’t!"" —Michael Beil, Edgar Award nominated author of The Swallowtail Legacy Series ""A murder mystery! Phantom creatures! Creepy puppets! Scary woods! A magic mansion! What more could you ask for!"" —Steven Banks, author of the Middle School Bites series

"""A murder mystery! Phantom creatures! Creepy puppets! Scary woods! A magic mansion! What more could you ask for!"" —Steven Banks, author of the Middle School Bites series"

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G. Z. Schmidt was born in China and immigrated to the United States when she was six. She grew up in the Midwest and the South where she chased fireflies, listened for tornado warnings, and pursued a love of reading. In the third grade, she began writing stories in a spiral-bound notebook, and never looked back. She is the author of No Ordinary Thing and The Dreamweavers, which was named a New York Public Library Best Book of the Year and a CCBC Choice book. She currently lives in California with her husband and their tuxedo cat.

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