As such, when Harvey returns home, he finds his parents are elderly. Having spent thirty-one days at the Holiday House, it is now thirty-one years since Harvey came to the Holiday House. When both Harvey and Wendell come home, they soon discover that for every day they had spent in the Holiday House one year had passed in the rest of the world. Lulu is turned into a fish and must live in the lake, but Harvey and Wendell flee the house by following Blue Cat through the mist barrier that constantly surrounds the property at night. The lake is full of large fish (who are really the young victims of Mr Hood) all from different times. Hood has been stealing the youth of the children staying in the Holiday House by sucking their souls away and turning them into Fish, then being imprisoned in a lake. Harvey has fun, scaring Wendell, and returns to his human form when Halloween is over. Marr uses her hands to make his face into a scary mask for Halloween, and turns his whole body into a monster. Jive and Harvey get along well and he takes Harvey to meet a woman called Marr, who is the sister of Jive and Rictus. Harvey eventually meets Jive, the brother of Rictus. Though Harvey thinks the voices of his parents are a bit strange, he brushes it off and starts to relax.

Harvey’s parents tell him they thought it would be a good idea for him to take a break from school to cheer him up. Harvey thinks his parents will be worried about him, so is allowed to speak to them on the phone. Clue Cat is accidentally killed by being burned alive from the lunch Mrs Griffin had been cooking, which distresses her. Mrs Griffin also keeps three cats: Stew Cat, Blue Cat and Clue Cat. Griffin, who cooks all the meals and cares for the children though she seems kind, she appears to be keeping a secret about the house and its creator, Mr. Harvey hesitantly visits the house and becomes friends with two other children staying alongside him, Wendell and Lulu. At the Holiday House, there are all the sweets a person could ask for four seasons in a day Halloween every evening Christmas, with whatever gifts you could wish for every night and everything else you could dream of. A man named Rictus visits Harvey and tells him about a kids’ paradise called the Holiday House. Harvey Swick is an 11-year-old boy bored with school, teachers, homework, and his day-to-day life. ( April 2014) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) See Wikipedia's guide to writing better articles for suggestions. This section's tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia.

Abarat by Clive Barker