Vision Quest - Hardcover

Pamela F. Service

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0689314981 ISBN 13: 9780689314988

Publisher: Atheneum, 1989

Synopsis

Kate finds life dreary in her small Nevada desert town until contact with an Indian artifact sends her visions of a restless shaman from the past, visions which eventually drag her and her friend Jimmy Fong into that far distant Nevada.

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Her name was Kate Elliot and ever since she was a little girl, she'd moved from one army post to another--always leaving new-found friends and new-found roots. But when her father died suddenly, she and her mother found a permanent home in a small, half-deserted mining town. Kate was lonely and miserable--until a small, smooth stone changed her life and introduced her to ancient magic.

His name was Wadat--and he had traveled to Kate for help. Only she could help him in his mysterious quest. Only she could bring him peace. Only she had the vision to set the pain of the past free.

Two different worlds colliding in an unforgettable tale of danger and mystery, of adventure and spirit....

From Publishers Weekly

Kate and her mom have moved to Argentum, Nev., once a prosperous silver-mining town but now a quiet backwater where Kate feels lonely and alienated. When an unpleasant red-haired man tries to sell Mrs. Elliot some Indian artifacts for the museum, he leaves behind a smooth black cylindrical stone with a carved spiral around it. Kate returns it to him but then feels a sense of loss. She starts to dream about the stone, and experiences dislocations of time where she sees a strange Indian boy. In the other time, young Wadat is learning from Wizu how to be a shaman, and carves his own spirit stone. Wadat, like Kate, sees strange visions, but his are of a pale white girl. After Kate accidentally finds another spirit stone up in the hills, she enlists Jimmy, a Chinese-American schoolmate determined to become an archeologist, to help her learn something about the stones; together they foil a drug-trafficking gang (led by the red-haired man) and lay to rest an ancient shaman's spirit. This fast-moving tale conveys a love of history and Native American lore that may inspire many readers to discover more about the Indians of the Southwest. Service skillfully blends the supernatural elements with the more realistic facets of the story. Ages 8-12.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Atheneum
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0689314981
• ISBN 13: 9780689314988
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 136