This story is about a little girl named Property Jones, so-called because she was left in the lost property cupboard of a bookshop when she was five years old. Property loves living in the bookshop, but she has a secret - she can't actually read! So Property doesn't see the newspaper article announcing the chance to win the Montgomery Book Emporium, a magical place filled with books and a very bad-tempered cat. But all is not at it seems at the Emporium and soon Property finds herself in a whole heap of trouble.