![]() ![]() Interstellar Pig (1984) and The Duplicate (1988, both Dutton) are probably the best crafted and most appealing of Sleator's novels, but this one certainly will be enjoyed. What he can't understand is why she wants to give the power to Annelise, nor can he imagine what the girl might choose to do with it. When Jared's grandmother blackmails him, he realizes that she, too, is a mind reader. Worst of all, charming Annelise is actually a narcissistic sociopath who remorselessly causes death. Everyone is afraid of angering his wizened grandmother and thereby losing an inheritance. Eventually he understands that his toxic dip has made him a mind reader, and that his convivial family isn't really so happy. At dinner, he is nearly overwhelmed by the storm of intuitive feelings and words that force themselves into his brain. But before he joins his extended family, he is pitched into a swamp and covered with industrial waste, thanks to the failure of his bike brakes. Grade 6-10-Jared, 16, eagerly anticipates summer vacation at the family seaside compound, where he will see Annelise, for whom he has more than cousinly feelings. ![]()
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