The silver crown

On her tenth birthday, Ellen wakes up to find a silver crown on her pillow; a few minutes later her house burns up, her parents disappear, and she is launched on an adventure involving a trek through the woods, a castle full of brainwashed captives, and the powerful Hieronymus Machine which wants her crown.Ellen awakens on her tenth birthday to find a jewel-studded silver crown, loses her family and home in a fire later that day, and plunges into a series of dangerous adventures that test her courage, ingenuity, and independence of spirit