About This Book

Nickel and his mother need to find a new apartment. As they search, Nickel is drawn to a building at the end of an alley, a building called the Beastly Arms. Nickel's mom thinks the Beastly Arms is creepy. So does his best friend, Inez. Even his pet kangaroo rat, Miriam, seems worried. But Nickel, an avid photographer who has a gift for seeing things that others don't, senses that the Beastly Arms houses a secret that only he can unearth…