Isabel Wixon is weird. Not only does she see dead things, but her list of friends consists of a talkative ventriloquist's dummy and the gentlemanly spider that lives in her hair.
Her best friend is a gentleman spider
Real friends? Too hard. Inventing friends is much easier.
An invention goes horribly wrong
Inventing the Boatman—a terrible monster that lures kids into a strange sleeping sickness and never lets them go—probably wasn't one of her better ideas though.Kat Hawthorne is a nerd times three. Besides writing, she enjoys creating visual art and playing her cello. She is mother to three small boys, who are unwittingly the inspiration for her need to write.
![The Boatman [Paperback]](/itemImage/2/4/7/5/2_5052077.jpg "The Boatman [Paperback]")