The Vanishing Doorknob

Any good children's book needs to have a memorable moral, and The Vanishing Doorknob by L. M. Haynes certainly does not disappoint. The doorknob of a family's home seems to physically vanish, slowly, as the owner becomes more secluded, not answering his door to the repeated requests of fellow townspeople, as depression sets into his life.

The scene is set on the edge of a New England town called Coventry. The Grayson family's home was a beautiful home, adorned with a loving multi-generationa...