The intrepid Jack and Annie are summoned once again to the fantasy realm of Camelot. There, Merlin the Magician tells them that the Stone of Destiny has been stolen. The answer to its disappearance lies within a haunted castle. With a young magician named Teddy, Jack and Annie take on the challenge in an adventure that takes them to new heights and places they couldn’t even imagine! a Stepping Stone Book?

萬聖節來臨，魔法師梅林再度邀請傑克和安妮來到卡美拉，這回，梅林要他們幫忙讓公爵的城堡恢復秩序。在年輕魔法師泰迪的協助下，傑克和安妮來到一座靜悄悄又空蕩蕩的城堡，沒想到，城堡裡的西洋棋和紡車竟然自己動了起來，還有巨大的白骨在空中盤旋，傑克和安妮該如何從這個幽靈作祟的城堡中查出線索，並且從可怕的大烏鴉王手中救回泰迪、找回「命運之鑽」呢？

作者簡介：

作者：瑪麗．奧斯本（Mary Pope Osborne）：
Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce are sisters who grew up on army posts all over the world. Mary is the author of over 50 acclaimed books for children. Natalie has worked as a children’s librarian and as a teacher of English and E.S.L. This is their ninth book together.
美國知名兒童文學作家，北卡羅萊納大學主修戲劇與比較宗教學，喜愛不同文化的她，畢業之後，曾到世界各地去旅行。寫作至今已20餘年，作品超過50本以上，並獲得許多獎項，而且擔任過兩屆的美國作家協會主席。
繪者： Sal Murdocca
Sal Murdocca has illustrated more than 200 children’s trade and textbooks. He is also a librettist for children’s opera, a video artist, an avid runner, hiker, and bicyclist, and a teacher of children’s illustration at the Parsons School of Design. He lives and works in New York with his wife, Nancy.