The Spirit Glass
(Juvenile Book)

All her life, Corazon Lopez has been waiting for her twelfth birthday, the day her magic might finally wake up and she can begin training as a babaylan under her aunt, Tina. With magic, Corazon plans to bring her parents back from the dead and no longer have to rely on a soul key to allow visits with their ghosts for a few hours every Saturday night. But when a vengeful ghost steals Corazon's precious key, the fragile balance between the human world and the spirit world is thrown out of whack. Aunt Tina reveals that if Corazon wants her magic to awaken, then she must lay the ghost to rest by fashioning a new soul key. With her rather bloodthirsty gecko companion, Saso, Corazon embarks on a quest through the spirit realms. But they must move quickly, for is the ghost gets through the spirit glass, all hope will be lost. During her journey, Corazon assists a water dragon, sails across a sea of stars, and even cooks for three mountain spirits. Along the way, she befriends Leo, a bespectacled ghost whose greatest ambition is to be a ghost writer. But there's more mystery waiting for Corazon. What is the story behind the spirit who stole her soul key? And what if the greatest act of love isn't holding on... but letting go?