Left at a New York boarding school by Aunt and Uncle Twice, eleven-year-old Emily finds horrors even greater than those she faced at Sugar Hill Hall, especially after she gets word that her inheritance is lost.

A new friend comes to Amelia's rescue when she finds herself the victim of a dastardly villain's fiendish plans.

Sent to San Francisco to live with her beloved aunt and uncle, newly orphaned Emily expectantly enters their once-happy mansion only to find unimaginable horrors.

Pudding, the youngest of three Furkins, or elves, living in a barrel in the basement of a human named Noah, proves that a shy Furkin is capable of great deeds like the heroes of the past.