Books like Floodgate Companion by Robert Beatty

In the remote Allagash Wilderness of Maine, four friends are stranded after a white‑water rafting accident. With nightfall, a mysterious camp beckons, and hidden secrets test their bonds as they fight to survive.

A twelve‑year‑old rat catcher from North Carolina’s Biltmore estate teams up with the estate owner’s nephew to confront a looming evil, uncovering secrets about her own past along the way.

A spooky adventure that blends mystery, horror, friendship, and supernatural twists set against North Carolina’s Biltmore Estate, perfect for 9‑12‑year‑olds exploring good versus evil.

289 pages ; 21 cm

A twelve‑year‑old/night‑spirit in the Great Smoky Mountains fights the loss of her forest home, only to discover deeper mysteries about her people and their ancient enemy.

"I very much need to be dead." These are the chilling last words left by a man who had everything to live for but took his own life. In the void that remains stands his widow, FBI agent Jane Hawk, surrounded by questions destined to go unanswered unless she does what all the grief and fury inside her demand: Find the truth, no matter what. People of talent and accomplishment, people seemingly happy and sound of mind, have recently been committing suicide in surprising numbers. A disturbing pattern is beginning to emerge. Jane is determined to give up everything to find out why. And if that means going rogue and becoming America's Most Wanted, then so be it. Those arrayed against her are legion, and devoted to protecting something profoundly important-or terrifying-enough to exterminate any and all in their way. But Jane is as clever as these enemies are cold-blooded, as relentless as they are ruthless. And she is driven by a righteous rage they can never comprehend. Because it is born of love.

At Biltmore Estate, Serafina faces a mysterious threat that unleashes storms and flooding; she must defend her friends and uncover her true identity.