table of contents prologue chapter one : sammuel kindercook chapter two : the book chapter three : endless night chapter four : gatsby chapter five : victor chapter six : silent mists chapter seven : early morning visitor chapter eight : alanna chapter nine : escape chapter ten : agreement chapter eleven : laying in wait chapter twelve : surviving etiquette chapter thirteen : battle on the breeze chapter fourteen : thomas and the king chapter fifteen : conditions chapter sixteen : alanna 's room chapter seventeen : ink and nibs chapter eighteen : pages chapter nineteen : trapped chapter twenty : homecoming chapter twenty-one : revelations chapter twenty-two : shadow on the rocks chapter twenty-three : the seer chapter twenty-four : betrayal chapter twenty-five : visions chapter twenty-six : unwelcome welcome chapter twenty-seven : battle of the clowns chapter twenty-eight : seething red chapter twenty-nine : birthday chapter thirty : cotton candy , cake and kisses chapter thirty-one : shadows , slinks and storm dragons chapter thirty-two : and the pink pyjamas chapter thirty-three : left in the cold chapter thirty-four : mrs ink chapter thirty-five : the captured and the kindercooks chapter thirty-six : in the spirit of the season chapter thirty-seven : judy chapter thirty-eight : forces gather chapter thirty-nine : battle chapter forty : sealed chapter forty-one : return i would like to express my sincere thanks and appreciation to my mother , who went over the book and provided a wealth of insight and to friends joanna and jennifer for the same .