The late author's moving depiction of Zoe's weightless epiphany in the fourth dimension is well worth readers' time in the here and now. : Stonewords: A Ghost Story (9780060213169) by Conrad, Pam and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at. Unlike many molecularly-enhanced heroes, Zoe keeps getting yanked out of the dramatic past by present interruptions-loud cabinmates, canoe trips and curfew (in the only plot dangler, Zoe's friend Jedidiah, let in on her secret, is incredibly willing to ''never again speak of what happened at camp''). There, Zoe must summon all her ghostly abilities to protect her mother-child from tragedy. Laura Geringer Book, 14.95 (131pp) ISBN 978-0-06-027217-3 This glowing story of a girl who leaves her body and travels back through time to save her mother is a worthy sequel to. The luminescent language and harrowing plot of loss and retrieval swirls Zoe from summer camp back through time to her mother's childhood in an island home. I was like a little paper umbrella twirling.'' Her ''ghostwalking'' frightens her, but she is compelled to use her power to solve a mystery in her estranged mother's past. Fourteen-year-old Zoe can actually do it: ''Without moving I turned around inside my body, fully, again and again. Connected by a back staircase in a house where Zoe Louise once lived and Zoe now lives, the two girls are ghosts in each other's lives. Many teens know the feeling of being captive in their bodies, wanting to burst out and fly away to fix things that went wrong a long time ago. Zoe and Zoe Louise are friends-best friends-living in both the past and the present. This glowing story of a girl who leaves her body and travels back through time to save her mother is a worthy sequel to the Edgar Allan Poe Award winner Stonewords.

Stonewords by Pam Conrad