Twelve year old Ally, and her irritating little brother Eric are surprised on their way home from the movies one night when Ally comes across a bank robbery in progress. Terrified by the dreams of the "Gauze Men", especially the robber with his scary light blue eyes who knocked Ally over, she starts isolating herself from the group of girls in her class and joins her brother and the other boys in the neighborhood who start digging holes in the backyard. Except, they aren't just building a hole! It's a series of tunnels which run all around the neighborhood. The final goal of the boys is to enter the forbidden and long abandoned steel mill across the field. What boy doesn't dream of building tunnels in your backyard to exciting destinations? But the boys and Ally are not the only ones who know about the tunnels or the abandon steel mill. Those exciting adventures can have terrible consequences!
100% of proceeds from this book will be donated to help a baby boy named Jayden, and contribute toward his family's massive medical expenses. Jayden suffers from a combination of congenital problems including Hirschsprung's disease.
This book was a treat to read! I would highly recommend it to any boy or girl who doesn't mind dirt under their fingernails and has a sense of adventure! Thrilling, adventurous and terrifying all in one!
Publisher: NLA Digital Liaison Platform LLC (September 28, 2012)
Print Length: 136 pages
disclosure: received galley copy through www.netgalley.com
