Twelve-year old Stephen "Step" Patrick is an only child struggling with Aspergers. With his high IQ, he's already in high school, but fitting in is the least of his problems. Step and his friends, Cadence and Manny, are the only people standing between an ancient evil and their loved ones. Set in the 1980's in a New England home built atop a holy site for the Native American Namtuxets, In Hollow Trees is a YA supernatural thriller about a boy working with his friends and family to discover the past and overcome the impossible. This is the second in a series of Step Patrick books.