Books to Borrow Roaring Spring Library Recommends

Seventeen-year-old Charlie Reade is a normal teenager, until one day his neighbor Mr. Bowditch falls off his ladder. Charlie takes care of the grumpy older man, and the two become friends. Charlie notices that sometimes strange sounds come from the shed in Mr. Bowditch’s backyard.

When Mr. Bowditch passes away, he leaves Charlie a cassette tape that he has recorded, telling him everything about the shed and the secrets it holds, the secrets that Mr. Bowditch has kept for most of his long life. Charlie, along with Mr. Bowditch’s dog, Radar, decides to explore.

The shed, Charlie soon discovers, holds a portal to another world, a world where the people are fuzzy and gray. Radar is familiar with the place and the people, and Charlie soon makes some friends, and learns that some horrible things have been happening there. Can Charlie and Radar help their friends, or will they be too late?