An 11-year-old podcaster-turned-sleuth teams up with the new kid in the building to find their missing neighbor! A captivating adventure perfect for fans of When You Reach Me and Only Murders in the Building. Eleven-year-old Roya is the superintendent’s kid in her regal Brooklyn apartment building, so she knows pretty much everything there is to know about its residents. An aspiring reporter, she even hosts a secret podcast about the lives of the building’s tenants. It’s a good distraction from the problems in her own life. But when Katya Petrov, one of her favorite tenants, goes missing, Roya discovers an eerie connection to Grandmother’s Predictions, an antique fortune-telling machine at Coney Island. "Grandmother" has been linked to multiple disappearances in the Petrov family over the last century. Now, with the help of a new friend who’s just moved in, it’s up to Roya to make her own headlines as she searches for Katya and attempts to break the Petrov curse once and for all. “ A charming, warm-hearted tale that reads like a classic. This book is for the kids who curl up in corners of the library, reading for hours at a time and daydreaming of mystery and adventure. Themes of family, friendship, and courage abound, and Roya and Amin make for a truly delightful and dynamic duo.” —Claire Legrand, New York Times bestselling author of Some Kind of Happiness “ A clever feat of physics and fun. Sarvenaz Tash is an expert at writing bold concepts with masterful nuance and tenderness. I love this mystery!” —Lauren Magaziner, author of the Case Closed series " Hand to fans of Ellen Raskin and Rebecca Stead. . . . this book provides the right level of mystery, daring characters who learn to stand up for their friends, and a big-hearted ending that’ll wrap you in a hug." — Booklist "Dusted with speculative elements, this cozy and surprising mystery by Tash features appealing and perceptively drawn characters coping with genuinely wrought emotions in a vivid setting." — Publishers Weekly " An intrepid mystery with unexpected sci-fi ­elements, this story packs an emotional punch similar to Kelly Yang’s Front Desk ." — School Library Journal " Entirely original, and the characters are distinct individuals whose worries, quirks, and foibles will engage readers’ sympathies" — Kirkus Reviews Sarvenaz Tash was born in Tehran, Iran, grew up on Long Island, and graduated with a BFA in Film and Television from NYU. Her previous novels include The Geek’s Guide to Unrequited Love and A Whole Song and Dance . Though her books run the gamut of genres and age groups, they’re tied together by her strong voice and affinity for joyful, diverse, humorous stories with heart. She has dabbled in all sorts of writing including screenwriting, copywriting, and professional tweeting for the likes of Bravo and MTV. Sarvenaz currently lives in Brooklyn with her family. 1 The Accidental Spy Roya called the boys from 6D Bumblebee and Bear for the podcast--though those were not their real names, of course. She watched them leave the apartment building, living up to their code names as Bumblebee flitted about in bursts of energy while Bear cuddled close to his dad. They were on their way to summer camp, and Roya didn’t like the little garden snake that was twisting its way around her stomach. She knew what it was: jealousy. That they had someplace to go, someplace that--from everything she had heard and read--sounded like it was filled with archery and electric scooters and swimming around in a gigantic pool right at the edge of the Verrazzano Bridge. She was even jealous that they had each other to chatter to: siblings seemed like built-in friends. But this wouldn’t do at all. Jealousy was a feeling that Roya couldn’t find a solution for. And Roya was a girl who liked solutions, a problem-solver. That’s why she was so good at her job. Okay, fine, that’s why Aty, her mom, was so good at her job. As the super of their large Brooklyn apartment building, Aty was in charge of seventy-two apartments and over 250 tenants. But even if Roya wasn’t technically on the payroll, she knew she was a large part of her mom’s success. After all, how else would Aty have known that Mrs. Bernstein in 4E needed an ambulance called because she hadn’t gone to visit Mrs. Kowalska in 3E for a whole day and a half? Or that someone (namely, two-year-old Josh in 1K, known to Roya’s listeners as Kleptosaurus) was stealing all the plastic T. rexes that were in the community playroom? And then there was Roya’s other job: her secret one, the one she turned to now in her most desperate time of need--otherwise known as the bottomless boredom of a summer vacation spent alone in her apartment. Roya Alborzi: podcast host. “What can be the cause of the Great Bathtub Clog of 5J?” Roya spoke in a low voice into her pocket recorder. “A Guinness World Record–setting hairball? A naked mole rat? A portal into another dimension? Whatever i