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Nightmare Joan Lowery Nixon Hardcover | Delacorte Books for Young Readers | 0-385-73026-8 | September 2003 | $15.95 | Ages 12 and up

When Emily's parents send her to Camp Excel for underachievers, she has a feeling that something is just not right, and she doesn't understand why things seem strangely familiar to her. Wanting to help, her roommate convinces her to draw a rune, stones that supposedly have magic insight into the future. Emily draws Loki, the Norse god of evil and treachery. Her roommate tries to protect Emily, but Emily does her best to keep to herself, shying away from all group activities. She's afraid that someone is always watching her, and that she is in constant danger. Could this premonition have something to do with the recurring nightmare she has had since she was eight years old? Will her new friends be able to protect her from the evil they are sure will befall her?

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Prepared by Brenda Day, Library Media Specialist, Crowley Middle School, Crowley, TX

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