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When Uncle Gary disappears, Billy and Sophie use a magic nightstand he left them to save their family from the creepy, inhuman representatives of the Zobadak Wood Company. While the premise of transdimensional carpentry is intriguing, the writing is stilted in places, and the unresolved ending, clearly intended to set up a sequel, creates more confusion than it resolves.