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The Awakening
Contributor(s): Boyd, Donna (Author)

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ISBN: 0345462351     ISBN-13: 9780345462350
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
OUR PRICE: $14.25  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 2003
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Annotation: Paul and Penny Mason are spending the summer at the family lake house in a last ditch effort to save their crumbling marriage. The celebrated author of "The Alchemist" leaves the world of ancient Egypt with this chilling, modern ghost story of an unraveling family.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense
- Fiction | Ghost
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2002033047
Physical Information: 0.52" H x 5.51" W x 8.27" L (0.58 lbs) 202 pages
Features: Ikids, Price on Product
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2003 pg. 622
Publishers Weekly 06/30/2003 pg. 62
School Library Journal 11/01/2003 pg. 171
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 76691
Reading Level: 5.6   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 9.0
 
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Publisher Description:
It was supposed to be a time for healing. But it soon turned to horror.

Paul and Penny Mason are spending the summer at the family lake house with their troubled, teenage daughter, Elsie, in a last-ditch effort to save their crumbling marriage. But the tension between them only thickens when they arrive at their once-idyllic summer home, a place that now feels eerily cold and darkly foreboding.

It quickly becomes clear that all is not right. Penny is plagued by horrific, recurring nightmares. Paul and Elsie are surprised by the curious appearance of a sad, strange woman--a woman who purports to know them, but who calls them by names that are not their own. The mystery only deepens when they discover an antique box in the house. Inside is a photo of the woman, alive in a distant past. Who is she? And what is the source of the seeping, chilly discomfort that has suddenly settled over the family? The answer lies within Penny's disturbing dreams and Elsie's fragile emotional state--and when long-buried secrets reveal themselves, it will be the most frightening day of their lives. . . .

 
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