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    Kindred Spirits
    Kindred Spirits
    Kindred Spirits
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    Kindred Spirits

    By Phoebe Rivers

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    Sara realizes she might not the only one with amazing paranormal powers.

    Sara is used to having visions, but she has no idea why she keeps seeing a cute blonde she’s dubbed “Mystery Boy”…and then she meets him. Mason isn’t all that friendly, yet Sara feels drawn to him, and the two begin spending more and more time together. Sara isn’t sure she even likes him, but she can’t stop thinking about him. And the strangest things seem to happen whenever the two are together...

    Meanwhile, Sara begins to suspect that she has developed another power: telekenesis. Lady Azura insists she is mistaken, but the more research Sara does, the surer she is that she—or someone close to her—has the rare and awesome ability to move objects with the mind. The question is, who is it?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon Spotlight
    Release dateJun 4, 2013
    ISBN9781442468542
    Kindred Spirits
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    Phoebe Rivers

    Phoebe Rivers had a brush with the paranormal when she was thirteen years old, and ever since then she has been fascinated by people who see spirits and can communicate with them. In addition to her intrigue with all things paranormal, Phoebe also loves cats, French cuisine, and wiling her afternoons away in coffee shops writing stories. She has written dozens of books for children of all ages and is thrilled to now be exploring Sara’s paranormal world.

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      In this book, Sara continues to crush on Mason, a boy she recently met. But why does Mason always seem to be avoiding her? And she has to deal with the snooping ghostly visitors, Eleanor and Dwight, who are looking for something, but they don't know what.I enjoy these books. Sara is a responsible and smart person. She has good and loyal friends who seem to ignore her sometimes bizarre behavior. Her family is important to her and they are very supportive. I think these are very good books for tweens. They are not scary at all.

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    Kindred Spirits - Phoebe Rivers

    Chapter 1

    Suddenly the curtain moved all by itself.

    The late June sun found its way onto the front porch. I squinted into the glare at my best friend. How?

    Lily Randazzo shrugged. No one was standing anywhere near the window. And it was closed, so it wasn’t a breeze that moved it.

    Lily’s voice grew quiet. Everyone in room seventeen of the Spalding Inn sensed what was happening. Mr. Spalding was there, in that very room, pushing back the curtain and looking out the window. He was staring at the pond where he had drowned fifty years ago.

    Drowned? I repeated. Wait, is Mr. Spalding . . . dead?

    He’s d-d-dead? Lily’s five-year-old sister, Cammie, stuttered.

    Totally dead, Lily confirmed. Now he’s a ghost trapped in the inn.

    Ghosts are scary. Cammie tugged their dog, Buddy, closer.

    Even scarier, Lily continued, was when Mr. Spalding’s ghost pulled down the window shade. Right after he did that, there was this supercreepy wailing noise that sounded like it was coming from within the walls and from under the floors. Everyone was so freaked out. . . .

    What was it? Cammie asked. The color drained from her normally rosy cheeks.

    The ghost of Mr. Spalding was crying out in pain and frustration! Lily explained, as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

    Did you help him? Cammie grasped Buddy tightly.

    Lily gently tugged one of her sister’s black braids. No, silly. I wasn’t there. I was watching a movie.

    What movie? I asked.

    "The Haunting at the Spalding Inn. It was soooo good! And Justin Drexler was totally amazing! He played Mr. Spalding’s great-grandson. At the end of the movie, you find out . . . oh, I don’t want to ruin it for you!"

    No, tell me! I said. You know scary movies and I don’t mix. I’ll never see it.

    Well, you find out that Justin’s character is a ghost too! I had no idea the whole time . . . he’s such a great actor, Sar! I think he might get nominated for an Oscar for his performance.

    Justin Drexler was the guy Lily—and half my friends, to be honest—had a crush on. He was a pop star turned movie star.

    And look at how amazing-looking he is! He’s even cuter with this new haircut! Lily extended her phone to me. On the screen I could see a picture of a smiling guy with brown hair. He was definitely cute. Lily continued to gush. And he has this great blog where he talks about all sorts of stuff, like what charities are important to him. I also read on his blog that he’s writing a book! He’s really into talking about how anyone can do anything they put their minds to. He’s so positive! I can’t wait for his book to come out!

    Really? Reading wasn’t Lily’s thing. I could finish an entire book in the time it took her to daydream through the first page.

    I know, right? Lily grinned.

    Lily continued to talk about Justin, and I did my best to listen, but I was a little preoccupied. My mind was on another guy. I tried to change the subject and hoped I wasn’t being too obvious.

    So, Buddy’s previous owners are coming for a visit soon, right? I asked as I reached over to rub Buddy’s belly. When is that? And is that kid coming with them this time?

    Who?

    Him. The boy with the white-blond hair. The boy with the piercing green eyes. The boy I couldn’t stop thinking about.

    The grandkid. What’s his name . . . Mason? I asked. Of course I knew his name. I’d tattooed it on my brain ever since I saw his photo. Lily was forever crushing on celebrities like Justin Drexler, but I was crushing on a boy who wasn’t famous. A boy I’d only seen in one picture.

    It’s Mason, Lily confirmed. Mason has a little brother and sister who are twins. I think they’re nine. They’re supposed to visit sometime this week.

    I nodded, not wanting to press for any more details but hoping she would offer more. She didn’t. Lily looked back down at her phone, checking out a few more pictures of Justin before putting it down with a happy little sigh. Her eyes wandered over to the small sign that advertised Lady Azura’s business: PSYCHIC, HEALER, MYSTIC.

    "I bet Lady Azura would really like The Haunting at the Spalding Inn. She would definitely appreciate Justin’s convincing portrayal of a ghost. You should totally take her to see it, Sar! It’s not that scary!"

    I gazed at the large bay window. The heavy red curtains blocked my view into her fortune-telling room. The curtains had been closed all the time lately. She’s too busy with nonstop clients these days to go to the movies, I replied.

    I think it’s so cool, Lily gushed. I mean, before everyone realized that she could communicate with the dead, no one knew about Stellamar. We were just this quaint New Jersey shore town. Now Stellamar is famous! Lady Azura is famous! Can you imagine how fun it must be to have powers like hers?

    I poked my finger through a small hole in the hem of my T-shirt. Could I imagine what it was like? Yeah, I pretty much could. It’s not all fun all the time, I replied slowly. I mean, some of her clients are . . . well, complicated. It can be really stressful sometimes.

    But she has these amazing abilities. And she’s famous! Reporters come here!

    They’re gone now, I pointed out. Right after Lady Azura had uncovered the Meyers’ jewels, the story went viral, and reporters camped out on our porch for a couple of weeks. Once I even had to sneak out the back door to get to school.

    Lily folded the green paper into a fan. I liked having them here. Why did they all leave so suddenly?

    I smiled. Lily used to dance down the sidewalk to our house. She jetéd and twirled for the reporters. She hoped one of them would discover her and bring her to Hollywood. Never happened. They were only interested in Lady Azura and her powers, and soon even she wasn’t all that interesting anymore.

    Kiwi, the Australian teen pop star, was trampled by a horse at a ranch in Montana. They all left yesterday to cover that story, I explained.

    That stinks. Is Kiwi okay?

    Bruised her toes. Vocal cords are fine. I watched a frazzled-looking woman with long, wildly curly hair shuffle slowly across the street toward our house. She titled her head to better read the number hanging beside the front door. Client, I thought. Another client coming to call.

    I hated that I felt jealous. All year I had been trying to help Lady Azura grow her fortune-telling business. I’d made flyers and posted online messages. Now, boom! After the Meyers’ case made headlines, everyone wanted to see Lady Azura.

    It’s a good thing, I told myself. I should be happy for her.

    Lily sang Kiwi’s latest song, Dancing Down Under, while performing a series of wiggles and kicks that went with the song. Cammie tried to mimic the steps. I sat on the porch floor, watching an elderly man and woman head toward our house. The woman held a heavy-looking pocketbook in one hand and grasped the man’s arm with the other. He had a slight limp. More clients.

    Sara, it’s easy. Try it, Lily called.

    I didn’t move. Instead I tracked three more people trailing the elderly couple to the house. A man with wire-rimmed glasses. A man in a bathing suit with bits of seaweed clumped in his wet hair. A woman in spandex shorts and a jogging top, covered with dirt. She had a large gash on her left leg that oozed blood. I wondered what had happened.

    Buddy barked. A high-pitched yelp, repeated again and again.

    Shh! Lily said, interrupting Kiwi’s song.

    Buddy pricked his ears and turned his head toward the street. Toward the line of people forming behind the frazzled-looking woman with the crazy hair.

    I sighed. I’d planned on spending time with Lady Azura before Dad got home from work. That was never going to

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