YA Staff Pick of the Week: The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

This week's book pick is The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafon.

Although it's wartime, Max and Alicia Carver are stunned when their father announces they are moving from their apartment in the city to a remote beachside cottage. Maximilian, an often unconventional watchmaker and inventor, will not be deterred from his decision, and before Max knows it he and his family have transported themselves from the capital to a small seaside town. And while the family may have escaped the dangers of the war, Max and Alicia soon discover a new danger right in the cottage that was supposed to protect them.