The Mystery of Locked Rooms

Ages 8 to 12, Grades 3 to 7

A twelve-year-old mathematician and her best friends team up to find a hidden treasure in an abandoned 1940’s funhouse before her family loses their home in this fast-paced middle grade adventure, in the vein of The Goonies meets The Inheritance Games.

Twelve-year-old Sarah Greene wants nothing more than to spend seventh grade beating the hardest escape rooms alongside her best friends, West and Hannah. But when a foreclosure notice shows up on Sarah’s front door, everything changes. Now, her family will have to move away until they can get back on their feet, and all her plans will be put on hold. There is one way to get the money for her family…play the Delta Game. According to local legend, three identical brothers dreamt of building the most epic funhouse in existence. They wanted the experience to be more than mirror mazes and optical illusions, so they not only created elaborate riddles and secret passages, but they also claimed to have hidden a treasure inside the building-a prize for beating their game. The three friends decide to take on the challenge, but once inside, they realize the house is unlike any escape room they’ve attempted. There are challenges, yes, but they feel personal, almost like the brothers know them. It seems impossible, but so does everything about the house. As the trio climbs through trap doors, swings from wall-to-wall on ropes, and searches for hidden keys, Sarah worries they are in way over their heads...but there’s no turning back now, even if they wanted to.

About the Author

LINDSAY CURRIE lives in Chicago, Illinois with her husband and three kids. She loves coffee, Halloween, Disney World and things that go bump in the night! She is the author of Scritch Scratch, What Lives in the Woods, The Girl in White, It Found Us and The Peculiar Incident on Shady Street. Visit her online at lindsaycurrie.com