This book is a classic ghost story. Tommy Keeday is attending a boarding school for gifted Navajos when he starts exhibiting all the signs of possession. Cree Black, a renowned parapsychologist, is called in to investigate. She soon becomes embroiled in all the drama of a aging beauty queen against the son of her rich ex-husband who died a few years earlier. So is the ex-husband the ghost or is it Tommy's parents who also died recently? In order to learn the answers, Cree must get close to the spirit while trying to save Tommy from the practioners of more traditional medicine who want to medicate him and weaken his resistance to the possession. Normally, I don't like ghost stories or tales of hauntings, let alone possession by a foreign spirit; but this book is very well-written with some intriguing characters, beautiful descriptions of the harsh landscape of New Mexico, and a great study of the Navajo culture.
Rating: 4.75
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