Twelve-year-old Joe Warden isn t happy. Sure, he s rich, but his parents don t care about him. His grandmother should make everything better, except that Joe s granny is a nightmare. She s t just physically repulsive, she s horribly mean. Everyone thinks she s just a dotty old woman, but Joe kws the truth. He s seen behind her mask and glimpsed the wicked glimmer in her eyes she is pure evil. And w she s out to get Joe, unless he can stop her and her band of nasty grannies first.