In a world that lies between reality and imagination a fanciful actionpacked adventure awaits Publishers Weekly starred review. Come and claim it in this first book of the Five Kingdoms series from the 1 New York Times bestselling author of the Fablehaven and Beyonders series. Cole Randolph was just trying to have a fun time with his friends on Halloween and maybe get to know Jenna Hunt a little better. But when a spooky haunted house turns out to be a portal to something much creepier Cole finds himself on an adventure on a whole different level. After Cole sees his friends whisked away to some mysterious place underneath the haunted house he dives in after themand ends up in The Outskirts. The Outskirts are made up of five kingdoms that lie between wakefulness and dreaming reality and imagination life and death. Its an inbetween place. Some people are born there. Some find their way there from our world or from other worlds. And once you come to the Outskirts its very hard to leave. With the magic of the Outskirts starting to unravel its up to Cole and an unusual girl named Mira to rescue his friends set things right in the Outskirts and hopefully find his way back home...before his existence is forgotten. show more