

Conrads spare, vivid prose sustains the suspense, drawing readers inexorably toward a climax as satisfying as it is unexpected. The truth, however, is that Zoe Louise lived in Zoe`s house a century ago, and her ghost has returned to solve a terrible mystery. But in changing the past, must she also change the present? If she saves her friend` s life, will she lose Zoe Louise forever?Zoe`s grandparents think that Zoe Louise is Zoe`s imaginary friend. To do so, she must travel back 100 years in time and somehow alter the past. Time is running out for Zoe` s best friend - and Zoe is the only one who can help her. Time is running out for Zoe` s frightening ways. And although Zoe Louise never grows up, she is changing in dreadful, frightening ways. From that day on - living in the same house, separated by a staircase and a century - Zoe and Zoe Louise have been an important and permanent part of each other` s lives.

The first time Zoe met Zoe Louise, Zoe was four years old.
