The Books of Elsewhere is a series of fantasy novels for kids and young teens by Jacqueline West that centers on the McMartins' house on Linden Street, which has many magical paintings.
When Olive finds Harvey, he is watching the kid next door, Rutherford Dewey, getting scolded by his grandmother.
After a long search, Olive stumbles upon the spellbook, which is held in clasping hands.
Olive finally is snapped out of it, and tries to deal with the spellbook, but Annabelle escapes and will wreak havoc in later books.
But Olive falls through a hole in her backyard, into a room with all sorts of magical substances.
The book ends with Harvey saying "We may not have to fight alone," and Rutherford making a confession about being a mind reader.
Or will Olive put her faith in her own worst enemies to save the people and home she loves?
Annabelle McMartin is gone for good, but something worse lurks just out of sight—watching, waiting, preparing to strike.
What Olive discovers will create a chain of events that propel her to discoveries she may not wish to uncover, involving Morton's vanished parents and the very deepest, darkest roots of Aldous McMartin's creepy painted world.
In this fifth and final book, Olive must seek the full, complex story of Elsewhere, its magical origins, and its creator, and in so doing, face her own fears and limitations—and possibly the destruction of Elsewhere itself.