"Mason Buttle is the biggest, sweatiest kid in his grade, and everyone knows he can barely read or write. Masons learning disabilities are compounded by grief. Fifteen months ago, Masons best friend, Benny Kilmartin, turned up dead in the Buttle familys orchard. An investigation drags on, and Mason, honest as the day is long, cant understand why Lieutenant Baird wont believe the story Mason has told about that day. Both Mason and his new friend, tiny...

For centuries, the Keepers and the Wardens have been guarding the mysterious Mothergates, a source of incredible power. But now the Mothergates are dying, and Horace and his fellow Keepers know that the weakened gates may unleash a dangerous force that will consume the worldand destroy everyone in it. While their enemies are willing to take this careless risk, Horace and his friends are prepared to sacrifice themselves for the preservation of the...