Ellen Ohâs Spirit Hunters meets Katherine Ardenâs Small Spaces in this middle grade supernatural mystery following a girl whose discovery of a magical clearing near her summer camp ends up putting her best friend in danger.
Pinaâs first trip to summer camp is a chance to escape her overbearing parents and finally go on an adventure with her best friend, Jo. But Camp Clear Skies hides a secret: a clearing in the deep woods the older kids call âthe Glade.â After falling asleep here, Pina and Jo are able to enter one anotherâs dreams, transforming into superheroes and knights in shining armor, fighting back their nightmares in epic adventures.
At first, the friends think theyâve discovered a secret more exciting than any video gameâuntil Pinaâs nightmares start leaking out into waking life. Worse, something seems to have followed them back from those dreamsâŚand whatever it is, itâs taking over Jo. Jo has always been the superhero in their friendship, but Pina canât just abandon them to their fate.
To save her friend, Pina journeys deeper into the Glade than she ever has before, facing the worst of her own fears and Joâs. There, she must confront the consciousness trying to steal her friendâs body and learn what happened twenty years ago that shut down Camp Clear Skies and changed the Glade forever.