The Terrible Thing in the Bottle Author:Mary Anderson Cassie and Barney are cousins who have nothing in common except that both admit they've never seen a monster, a werewolf, or a demon. Cassie has been dumped in boarding schools all her life and she considers her poor nine year old cousin Barney Prescott to be a major wimp. He deeply dislikes her. They are stuck together for a year. — In The Terri... more »ble Thing in the Bottle Cassie and Barney are plunged into danger and adventure when their fantastically rich and eccentric Aunt Alexandra Ludlington takes them to England. There Cassie unexpectedly meets Vicky Bromley, her archenemy from boarding school. With Vicky around, Cassie knows something awful has to happen. But when Cassie and Barney see a vaporous creature emerging from a large bottle in their bathtub, they wonder, has Vicky cast a spell on them?« less