Welcome to Alabaster Shadows, where all the houses look the same, but something s definitely different. Carter and his sister Polly are new to the neighborhood, and they can tell right away that the head of the Community Council, Miss Crowe, doesn t like children at all. But with some kind encouragement from the mysterious Mr. Randolph, the Normandy kids explore their new home, keeping a lookout for anything strange or out-of-the-ordinary like, say, an otherworldly water leak in the basement.