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In the new-age world Henrietta lives in, everything is ruled by computers. Henrietta finds a wounded Wild House Cat in the attic above her bedroom. This discovery sets off a chain of events that begin to poke holes in the secrets left behind by the well-hidden past. Illustrations.

It's the summer of 1963, and something strange is afoot in the quiet town of Farro, Iowa. The school district's most notorious bully has gone missing without a trace, and furthermore, seventh grader Henry and his friends have just found an odd book stashed in the woods by Longbelly Gulch-a moldy instruction guide written to teach the art of 'subtle travel, ' a kind of out-of-body experience.

In this modern-day suburban town, one percent of all fatalities come about in the most peculiar way. Deaths—eight-foot-tall, silver-gray creatures—send a letter ("Dear So-and-So, your days are numbered”) to whomever is chosen for a departure, telling them to wrap up their lives and do the things they always wanted to do before they have to "depart.” When sixteen-year-old Gabriela receives her notice, she is, of course devastated. Will she kiss...