This is the sixth book in the Furry and Flo series. Author – Thomas Kingsley Troupe does a nice job of recapping the vital information from book one giving the reader enough background to make this a book that can stand alone from the others in this series. Readers of the series will enjoy the golem, the latest monster to escape through the portal, from another world, hidden behind the washing machine in Flo’s apartment building’s basement laundry room. In previous books, the portal has let giant spiders, goblins, mummies, and skeletons escape. The giant golem, made of rocks, is on a mission from his master Krigg to bring back Wolf Son, AKA Furry, who is a werewolf, when not in human form. Garvel, the golem, only wants to take Furry back to Krigg because Krigg has promised to give Garvel back his brothers and sisters. Flo is drawn into Garvel’s problem. She wants to help him, but Furry isn’t so sure. What does Krigg want with Furry? It could be a trap, but Flo convinces a reluctant Furry to help. To get Garvel back through the small portal opening, Flo and Furry have Garvel stand inside a dumpster then pull out the magic pin which keeps Garvel together. Boulders, once Garvel, tumble into the dumpster which Flo and Furry push through the portal. Back on the other side of the portal, Flo and Furry a-line the boulders before replacing the magic pin bringing Garvel back to life. Garvel leads them to Krigg. Flo notices Krigg is wearing a belt of magic pins. Krigg commands golem Number 20, made of metal, to hack Garvel apart for not following his orders.  Afterwards,  Number 20 proceeds to attack Flo. At this  “Garvel gave the iron golem a push backward, and Number 20 tripped over his own legs. He fell against the far wall, smashing a giant hole in the rocky border. Garvel moved to help his brother up, but when he saw through the hole in the wall, he stopped in his tracks. Number 20 turned to look too.” (92) There in pieces were the other  eighteen golems. Now, Flo commands Number 20 to get the pins from Krigg. Much to Krigg’s dismay, Number 20 is no longer under his control. Krigg drops the pins and runs for his life. Flo, Furry, Number 20, and Garvel begin to piece all of the disassembled golems back together, with Garvel and Number 20 doing the heaviest parts. They finally have them all together but one. They can’t find the pin to bring it back to life. Flo and Furry go to look for the missing pin inside of Krigg’s cottage. There they find the missing pin, but also a WANTED poster for Furry, put out by Furry’s father. “This poster thing says my dad will pay a fortune in bellims to whoever manages to return his son–and the portal shard.’  ” (112)  It is getting late, Flo needs to get back home. When Flo and Furry get back to the portal they find that Krigg has smashed it. Will Flo and Furry be trapped in this other world forever?

After this cliff hanger ending there are 3 “Questions form Flo” and 3 “Prompts from Furry” for discussion and or writing.

One action packed black and white illustration per chapter.