The Map Beneath the FloorboardsAn edge-of-your-seat fantasy adventure for readers aged 9-12When eleven-year-old Eli Carter discovers a mysterious map hidden beneath his grandparents' attic floor, he never expects it to lead to another world.But one step through a crumbling stone arch, and Eli finds himself in the Edge Lands a strange, forgotten realm where shadows whisper, trees remember, and danger moves without a sound. With only a glowing compass and a cryptic message to guide him, Eli must navigate a world that feeds on lost time and stolen memories.Joined by Iris, a sharp-tongued girl with a clockwork hawk and a secret of her own, Eli races to stay ahead of the Hollow Men-dark figures that erase the past and serve a masked tyrant known as the Collector.Some maps lead to treasure.This one leads to the truth.