Candy Quackenbush of Chickentown, Minnesota, is the only person who can stop the evil Mater Motley who, now that the hour of midnight has come, is prepared to unleash the end of the world.

"Ashley can't get comfortable in her family's new apartment.  Sometimes she hears a child crying, though no one is near, and everything she does--especially going into the garden or playing with a mysterious white cat--upsets the irritable landlady.  The discovery of an old doll buried in the forbidden garden starts Ashley on a quest to find out who it belonged to, and why it was buried.  The landlady claims the doll is hers.  But an eerie encounter...

Join the shadowy Carapace Clavicle Moundshroud as he takes eight trick-or-treaters on an unforgettable journey to find their missing friend, Pip. Travel through space and time, from the tombs of ancient Egypt to the gargoyles of Notre-Dame Cathedral, all the way to the cemeteries of Mexico on el DiÌ?a de Los Muertos, the Day of the Dead. Is Pip still alive? And if so, can his friends save him from a ghastly fate before it's too late?