I liked the last Hoffman book I read so much i went out and picked up another one. This one's a sort of ghost and haunted house story, though the focus of the novel is really on the protaganist's family, which is far more disturbing than any ghost.

Apparently it has a couple sequels (or rather this is a prequel), which I'll be looking out for in the future, but this story stands alone quite well.

Wow, this was really good. It combines three distinct elements. One is a coming of age story. The other is a story about a large family, and the third is a sotr of logic puzzle about how to deal with some dangerous powers that must be used nonetheless.

I picked up this book on a whim in Powell's and I'm glad I did. Now I'll have to track down more books by this author.