Hour of the Pumpkin Queen

by Megan Shepherd

First published 2025

Sally Skellington has ruled Halloween Town for one year since marrying Jack. Royal responsibilities weigh heavily on her, along with managing her Dream Town family and uniting citizens across the Hinterlands. At her first Halloween exhibition, a potion demonstration goes catastrophically wrong. Sally and Luna, her rag doll apprentice, tumble through a portal into Time Town. They learn someone has sabotaged the clock governing Halloween Town. Sally cannot return to her present without identifying the saboteur and fixing time itself. She and Luna travel between realms, meeting new allies and enemies. The clock keeps ticking as Sally battles to rescue Jack and Halloween Town. She must decide what future she truly desires and determine what she will give up to achieve it.

Genres: fiction, adventure, fantasy, young-adult

Vibes: suspenseful, thought-provoking, whimsical

Tropes: fish-out-of-water, found-family

Setting: Halloween Town, Time Town

Period: Present Day

364 pages · Hardcover · Random House/Disney

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