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Reviewed on May 1, 1993
Gr 5-8 While Caroline Walsh undergoes chemotherapy, she sends her children to spend the summer with her ex-husband. (Her second husband, the children's father, was killed in a car accident.) George, 16, is the first to notice the menacing, red-eyed driver who follows him and his sisters out of the city, but it soon becomes apparent to 12-year-old Leigh and 6-year-old Mindy that mysterious and dangerous forces are at work. First, they are pursued by ember-eyed man-beasts called weevils, and then Rosebud, a wise unicorn, appears to help defend them. She tries to explain the imbalance between the forces ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More