Room One is a Junior Library Guild book,[6] and won the 2007 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Juvenile Mystery.

On one of his normal newspaper routes, he looks into the Andersons' house and sees a mysterious face through the attic window.

It turns out to be April (who he thought was Alexa), a girl who lived in the Anderson farm for just a short while.

A few days later, April and her family are found by Ted at the farm across the street.

Ted then is shocked that the town plans a big surprise for them, but the family goes missing.