Whispers don't lie. But they do keep secrets.Thirteen-year-old Valerie Vesperine-V.V. to those who dare get close- has never fit in at Moonshadow Middle School. She'd rather read Poe, write gloomy poems in her notebook, or hum songs no one hears than play along with the cheer squad or science club.But when the walls of her school begin to whisper her name, V.V. is pulled into a mystery that feels torn from one of her gothic books. Behind the cracks she finds letters, riddles, and the shadow of a girl who disappeared long ago. With her bright best friend Sunny, her quiet sketch-artist ally Ash, and her eerie black cat Professor Poe, V.V. must solve the case before the whispers grow louder-and take her voice with them.Because sometimes...the walls remember what everyone else forgets.