The Hotel Under Sand

Nine-year-old Emma loses everything she has in a fearsome storm and finds herself alone in the wilderness of the Dunes. Finding a friend in Winston, Emma learns that it has been more than 100 years since the hotel with an unsavoury reputation vanished; but, unbeknownst to either of them, the long slumbering resort has just begun to stir.

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Nine-year-old Emma is lost at sea in a terrible storm. She awakens on a desolate island, frightened and lonely. Yet brave, quick-witted Emma will not be alone for long, as the ghost of a bellboy appears with the tragic tale of the Grand Wenlocke. More than a century ago, a brilliant inventor built a splendid Victorian resort, the Grand Wenlocke. The hotel was powered by a Difference Engine, a miraculous device that could slow down time (making your vacation just as long as you'd like). But just before it was scheduled to open, the Grand Wenlocke mysteriously sank under the sand. Now the storm that brought Emma to the island has awakened the hotel, perfectly preserved and as incredible as ever. While exploring the magical hotel, Emma encounters a kind-hearted cook and her faithful little dog, a seemingly fearsome pirate captain, and the imperious young heir to the Wenlocke fortune (should it ever be recovered). Adventure, friendship, peril, and perhaps even treasure--all these and more await Emma at the hotel under the sand.