Valerie Vesperine thought the whispers had quieted.
But silence never lasts at Moonshadow Middle.
When a mysterious note lures her into the school's abandoned auditorium, Valerie discovers that the stage is far from empty. A single ghost light burns through the night, props move on their own, and faint voices rehearse scenes from a play that was never performed.
The deeper Valerie, Sunny, and Ash dig, the clearer the truth becomes: decades ago, a student was erased from the cast of The Last Curtain-their lines cut, their name struck from records, their story silenced. Now the phantom demands an ending, even if it means dragging new performers into its unfinished act.
With Sunny pulled into the spotlight against her will and Ash racing to sketch what the living eye cannot hold, Valerie must step onto the stage at midnight to give the ghost its final bow. But some stories end with applause... and others with shadows.
Dark, theatrical, and haunting, V.V. and the Phantom of the Auditorium continues The Valerie Vesperine Mysteries, a gothic middle-grade series perfect for readers who love eerie school legends, unquiet voices, and the courage it takes to be heard.