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Reared as a skivvy, Henrietta discovers she is a foundling. Everything changes. Her cruel parents will send her away. Henri needs to find her real family quickly. She first lays eyes on her friend Eanie Meanie, a wacky many-tentacled alien, when he appears upside down on her bedroom ceiling as a post box. With clues from a letter, Henri’s coat whisks her away to Hitherworld. There Geegle discovers her, a servant of the Black Cardinal who wants her destroyed. Geegle soon sees Henri has as much to offer him as the Cardinal; a way to marry his Beloved. Back home they first have to find the portal. As a disguise, Eanie becomes a boy called Arthur. Soon they are dowsing with crystals at her school until Bernie the bully gets in the way and changes everything. With the portal found, Henri with unreliable Geegle and ambitious Eanie are thrust into ever-greater danger. The Black Cardinal waits to spring his trap…