Emily is . . . A mad scientist A cat lover A mural painter A golem builder A virtuo-spastic guitarist A wicked skater A wily troublemaker A poltergeist tamer A mystery solver A master prankster An eXtreme procrastinator A happy loner A unique individual . . . and now there are two of her.

Emily's uniquely strange homeschool syllabus includes: Time Travel 101 Advanced Spy Photography Bonnet Basics Great Aunts Through the Ages Intro to Germ Theory Care and Feeding of 'Squito Fish Fundamentals of Black Rock Spiderweb Embroidery Historical & Contemporary Felines Pop Quizzes Foodstuffs of the 1780s Thwarting Ancestral Enemies Techniques in Parallel

Emily the Strange stands for: Do it yourself; think for yourself; be yourself. In the concluding volume of the story arc that has defined this singular 13-year-old, Emily’s uniquely odd to-do list includes: Lose (and regain) mind Reprogram golem Locate secret book vault Commune with Dead Dark Aunts Rescue Cousin Jakey Redecorate souvenir kiosk Thwart Thought Thief Endure hero worship Grant ancestral enemy’s deepest wish Save cat-napped kitty Summon black rock Defeat Shady Uncles Guard family legacy and claim inheritance! Lavishly illustrated with trademark black-and-red art, this delightfully quirky story follows Emily on her journey to uncover her family’s mysterious secrets—secrets that are ancient, surprising, and Strange!

13 Elements you will find in the first Emily the Strange novel: Mystery A beautiful golem Souped-up slingshots Four black cats Amnesia Calamity Poker Angry ponies A shady truant officer Top-13 lists A sandstorm generator DoppelgAngers A secret mission Earwigs Emily the Strange: 13 years old. Able to leap tall buildings, probably, if she felt like it. More likely to be napping with her four black cats; or cobbling together a particle accelerator out of lint, lentils, and safety pins; or rocking out on drums/ guitar/saxophone/zither; or painting a swirling feral sewer mural; or forcing someone to say "swirling feral sewer mural" 13 times fast . . . and pointing and laughing.