It is autumn in the little town of Hollow Hill, Vermont, and it is the week before Halloween. For Reese, a nine-year-old boy about to turn ten, this particular Halloween is more exciting than ever before! October 31 is his birthday! Now he will be old enough to go trick-or-treating with his best friends, Bonnie and Damian. As if all this wasnt exciting enough, Reeses big sister, Mary, has promised to take Reese and his friends to Miles Mansion on Halloween night! No one goes near the legendary mansion, not since the unusual family that lived there and a local boy mysteriously disappeared from there on Halloween night many years ago! Come join Reese and the others as they explore the dark towering mansion that sits on the edge of town . . . if you dare!