In this novel the author weaves a tale of madness, suspense, love, and terror from a startling and true-life psychological condition: autophobia, fear of oneself. Martie Rhodes is a young wife, a successful video game designer, and a compassionate woman who takes her agoraphobic friend, Susan, to therapy sessions. Susan is so afraid of leaving her apartment that even these trips to the doctor's office become ordeals for both women, but with each trip...

Breanna is forced to go to the team-building camp that kicks off sixth grade where she will have to face the sky ropes course and her fear of heights that is linked to her father's abuse while still keeping her fear a secret from her friends.

Thirteen-year-olds Madeleine, Theo, and Lulu, fourteen-year-old Garrison, and ten-year-old new "contestant" Hyacinth must face their phobias and join forces to learn who is stealing wigs and pageant trophies from the School of Fear.

Josh is terrified of clowns, and the news that someone dressed as a clown in a neighboring town has been kidnapping children does not help, especially after the kidnapper escapes custody; so when he encounters a threatening clown at the House of Horrors at the amusement park he panics--but will he be able to save himself, much less rescue a little girl who is lost in the hall of mirrors?

Greg is cripplingly shy, afraid of spiders, and obsessed with Breakfast at Tiffany's. He goes out of his way to avoid talking to anybody he doesn't have to. And it doesn't help that he has a severe lisp. His English teacher, Miss Hayes sees that Greg is insightful and sensitive beyond his years, and maybe-- just maybe-- he'll use these strengths to break out of his shell someday. She urges him to keep a journal, and he begins to write about everything...