Her Secret

This book is a mystery and fantasy story about a girl named Stella who stays at her Aunt Lilly's house while her mom is away on a business trip. Aunt Lilly warns Stella to never open a strange door on the third floor, but Stella becomes curious after hearing screams and noticing her aunt acting suspiciously. When Stella secretly enters the room, she discovers a creepy magical lab with potions, strange creatures, and a trapped witch named Barbara. Barbara tells Stella that Aunt Lilly is an evil witch who captures good witches and steals their powers. Together, Stella and Barbara escape and travel to another magical world where good witches once ruled. However, Stella later learns that Barbara, the magical world, and many of the adventures may have only been memories created by a magical globe. In the end, Stella wakes up believing everything was a dream, until she discovers a mysterious crystal globe in her closet, leaving readers wondering what was truly real.