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School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 1991
Gr 5-8 Anthea, thrust into the tumultuous bosom of her uncle's family by her parents' untimely deaths, finds herself crowded physically and spiritually by their noisy, messy togetherness (which includes her grandfather's ghost). In her grief and discomfort, Anthea is ripe for the grand spaciousness of Viridian, a land created by a long-dead great-uncle also in need of large personal spaces. His spirit is still there, desperate for companionship to continue his "journey beyond." Anthea, willing at first, finds the seductive spaces of Viridian intruding on her ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More