meddarkesthour

__The Mediator: Darkest Hour__ by Jenny Carroll **Book #4 in the series** ISBN: 0-671-78847-7 c2001 243 pages

pp. 16-17 where Suze and Jack are heading to the pool and see the dead gardner.
 * Good sections to read aloud:**

Suze moved to California from New York last fall, so this is her first summer in California and her stepdad makes it clear to her that she must find a summer job. She ends up working at a resort as a babysitter and is upset when day after day she gets stuck with this boy Jack who is really boring. What she discovers though is that Jack is just like her...a mediator...and he doesn’t understand it, nor does his parents. They just think he is crazy. With Suze’s help, he begins to live a somewhat “normal” life...that is until the ghost of Maria de Silva Diego comes into the picture!
 * Summary:**

YA fiction: mystery; mediators; death; babysitting; exorcisms

©Jennifer Lang - WDMS 2004