Paint by Magic

Something is terribly wrong with Connor's mom--she keeps slipping into bizarre trances. Connor suspects that the key to his mom's strange behavior is an old art book filled with paintings of a woman who looks exactly like her. But the artist who created those paintings died before his mom was even born.
Connor gets his chance to break the evil link between the past and the present when he is mysteriously whisked back in time to the 1920s. But can he save his mom--and himself--before it's too late?

About the author

KATHRYN REISS is the author of Time Windows, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults; The Glass House People; Dreadful Sorry; Pale Phoenix, a finalist for the Edgar Award; as well as PaperQuake: A Puzzle. A master of the time-travel mystery genre, “Reiss slips between past and present with a callous alacrity that is wondrously effective” (Kirkus Reviews). She lives with her family in Northern California. www.midgard.com/KReiss/KReissInfo.html

Summary

Something is terribly wrong with Connor's mom--she keeps slipping into bizarre trances. Connor suspects that the key to his mom's strange behavior is an old art book filled with paintings of a woman who looks exactly like her. But the artist who created those paintings died before his mom was even born.
Connor gets his chance to break the evil link between the past and the present when he is mysteriously whisked back in time to the 1920s. But can he save his mom--and himself--before it's too late?

Product details

• Authors: Kathryn Reiss
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 10 to 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2003
• EAN: 9780152049256
• ISBN: 978-0-15-204925-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 114 mm x 178 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 209 g
• Series: Time Travel Mysteries; Time Travel Mysteries
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Mysteries & Detective Stories *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Fairy Tales & Folklore / General *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Fantasy / General *, JUVENILE FICTION: Fantasy & Magic, JUVENILE FICTION: Mysteries & Detective Stories, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural *, JUVENILE FICTION: Historical / General, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Fantasy / Historical *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Historical / General *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Thrillers & Suspense / Psychological, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Thrillers & Suspense / Supernatural, JUVENILE FICTION: Fantasy / General