Shawna and Thea are doing a math assignment when they make a startling discovery: a secret room hidden in Thea's basement, once an old Vermont inn. What the girls discover about the secret room and themselves may not be exactly the truth everyone wants to learn. Set in present-day northern Vermont with references to Vermont's Underground Railroad history, The Secret Room is a powerful adventure/mystery/coming-of-age story for readers 10 years old and up.