Fourteen-year-old Elle and her friends are going to a not-to-be-missed funfair. But a ride on
the Ghost Train takes them further than they ever imagined. They end up in 1880 face-to-face
with criminal mastermind The Grandfather! To Elle's surprise he needs her help. Someone has
threatened to reveal The Gift to the media. If that happens everyone will know that Leaplings
can leap through time no Leapling will be safe. Meanwhile Millennia's power at the head of
The Vicious Circle grows. Will Elle work for a villain to save her secret community? Can she
and The Infinites crush The Vicious Circle for good?
