Moving, changing schools, new home is always difficult. Especially if you used to live in sunny Florida, and now in rainy Chicago. Tessa Woodward really misses her best friend, the beach and the ocean. She has not yet made new friends and cannot get used to her house on Shady Street. Yes, and how is it possible! Missing boxes, open dresser drawers, inexplicable drawings and constant power failures... And then the wooden doll of Tessa's little brother begins to cry and talk. Someone or something gives signs to the inhabitants of the house. But what do they mean? Tessa has to find out who the little girl who lived in her bedroom more than a hundred years ago is. They seem to be somewhat similar...