The first book in the Goolz Next Door series -- now in paperback Harold, who uses a wheelchair, accepts a mysterious artifact from a horror novelist's daughter and discovers that while it may help him fight bullies, its power can't be controlled. Twelve-year-old Harold Bell lives a pretty normal life. He fills his days with reading books, cruising down the boardwalk, and--unfortunately--trying to stay off the radar of Alex Hewitt and his pack of goons who can't resist bullying a boy in a wheelchair. But everything changes when writer Frank Goolz and his daughters move in next door. Harold learns that Frank's books are based on real-life paranormal adventures. At the Goolz home, lights flash inexplicably, objects move on their own, and grotesque specters appear in the attic. Ilona, the beautiful older Goolz daughter, and her little sister Suzie defend Harold from bullies who threaten him daily. Then Ilona gives Harold the Stone of the Dead because she can't trust her father or Suzie not to use it for a chilling purpose. Now Harold's bullies are vanishing--Harold imagines he's causing the stone to fulfill his own darkest wishes.