The Shades Author:Betty Brock Hollis is scared when he first comes to stay with Emily Peters. Her house is bleak and empty and he keeps seeing shadows when nobody is there. Emily laughs at him. "You'll get used to them," she says. "Everybody does." — However, Hollis meets the real shadows, who live in the summerhouse, when he discovers the magic of the... more » dolphin fountain. The Shades are delighted and they welcome Hollis into the family. Each day he roams the garden with the Shades. He makes Emily celebrate his birthday party outside so that the Shades can eat the shadow of his cake. At the end of the summer, an evil force threatens to enslave the Shades and it is Hollis who must work out a plan to save them.« less