Pandy and the

Amulet of Absent Answers

When Mandy Pandy’s treasured amulet vanishes, she doesn’t find a thief’s footprints—she finds a trail of what isn’t there. With a firefly for a lantern and a shadow for a companion, she must journey into a forest where paths change their minds and silence is a collector’s prize. Her quest leads to the Gallery of Hushes, where a being of profound stillness has filed away the world’s laughter, sighs, and memories. To save not just her stone but the stolen heartbeats of her home, Mandy must teach a lesson in noise, prove that life’s mess is its music, and discover that the quiet between friends is the loudest sound of all. A whimsical and profound tale for readers who loved The Phantom Tollbooth and The Girl Who Drank the Moon, this is a story about mending what is broken and hearing the song in the silence.