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"Tender, strange, funny, and human." —Jessica Soffer, New York Times bestselling author of This is a Love Story "As eerily prescient as it is entertaining . . . And that ending? So perfect, I wept." —Ling Ling Huang, award-winning author of Natural Beauty A mind-bending, heart-bursting, and...

Mei and Yun Wu have always been different from the other kids in the village. They’ve learned not to talk about why. But now, as this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, the twelve-year-olds find that they are exactly like everyone else: bursting with excitement. That’s because word of their grandfather’s incredible mooncakes has reached the Emperor of China himself. And on festival night, the emperor’s son will arrive to sample Grandpa’s mooncakes and report back to His Majesty. 

When a mysterious customer tells Adam great things await him in the attic of his uncle’s bakery, he brushes off the exchange. It’s 1999 in New York City—and Adam has already met his fair share of oddballs and eccentrics. But days later, in the attic, Adam makes a discovery that quickly sets him off on a whirlwind adventure. And Adam soon suspects he may not be the only one aware of his extraordinary secret when a tall man with long eyebrows and a thin mustache appears to be following his every move. …

One week before All Hallows' Eve, in the tiny mountain town of Nevermore, an unexpected party invitation is issued to an eccentric group of townspeople. Among them is an heiress, a spy, and an alchemist. There is also a thief, an impostor, and a hypnotist. There is a child, too—perhaps like you—who keeps his eyes and ears wide open at all times. Each of them has a story. Each of them knows a secret. But which of them is responsible for the curious vanishing of Beatrice Willoughby?

Kann man die Vergangenheit ändern? Adam findet eine verstaubte Schneekugel, mit der er durch die Zeit in die Jahre 1922, 1935 und 1967 reisen kann. Und überall trifft er auf Menschen, deren Schicksale ihn berühren und ist Zeuge von erschreckenden Ereignissen. Die Ziele seiner Reisen scheinen mit einer alten Legende zu tun zu haben: Drei magische Gegenstände machen es möglich, Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft zu beeinflussen. Einer davon ist seine Kugel und die anderen beiden muss er finden, bevor sie in die Hände gefährlicher Gegenspieler fallen und Unheil anrichten können.