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School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2008
Gr 4-7 For Kat, life in Medford, NY, is complicated. Her mom's a professional medium, communing with spirits. After Kat's 13th birthday, she starts seeing ghosts, too, and she fears being ostracized and perpetually friendless. She becomes friendly with Jac, a talented cellist who lugs around her instrument but hasn't played since an incident of intense stage fright, and together the reluctant medium and relu...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on July 1, 2008
Like most seventh graders, Kat longs to fit in, but with a mom who's a medium ("and I don't mean the kind that fits in between small and large") and Kat's own emerging "spirit sight," this proves to be a tall order. Fellow misfit Jac is new to Kat's school; she's a gifted cellist with debilitating performance anxiety, an overbearing stage mother, and no desire to kowtow to the popular kids. At first, the girls are just lu...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2008
Kat longs to fit in. With a mom who's a medium and Kat's own emerging "spirit sight," this proves difficult. F...Log In or Sign Up to Read More