Dust & Grim

This middle grade adventure follows two rival siblings who have barely known each other. Molly, thirteen years old, feels she got the worse deal, since she was raised by a father who paid her little attention, while Dustin, the brother she had never met, went to live with their mother and inherited the family estate. Now both are orphans. Molly has come home to claim what is hers, and if Dustin won't let her into the family trade, she is willing to take her share as cash.

That trade is a mortuary for monsters, a far stranger business than Molly expected. Doors that open onto nothing good, talking wolves, a magic-eating creature that has gone rogue, and a hidden cemetery stand between her and any easy payout. Sorting out the mess will take Dustin's bookish command of the supernatural, Molly's talent for dressing up as heroes, and help from a few non-human allies.

The real challenge is that the two must find a way to cooperate, even for a few minutes at a time.