Eve gave up her belief in stories and magic after her mother's death, but a mysterious seed given her as an eleventh-birthday gift by someone she has never met takes her and a boy who claims to be a ghost on a strange journey, to where their supposedly cursed town of Beaumont, New York, flourishes. IOWA CHILDREN'S CHOICE AWARD 2011 - 2012 Interest Level: 3-6 Reading Level: 4.8 ATOS Book Level: 4.8 AR Interest Level: MG AR Points: 6 AR Quiz: 117253EN Reading Counts Level: 4.6 Reading Counts Points: 12 Lexile Measure: 780 Fountas & Pinnell: T.