1. Before Jared reads Annelise's mind and discovers the content of her diary entries, are there any clues about her true character?

2. Why do you suppose that Jared's grandmother really gives him and Lindie the swamp water to drink?

3. How does Jared differ from the other members of his family? Is he a sympathetic narrator? Why or why not?

4. Jared and Lindie are left with a number of questions at the end of the novel? Why does Sleator not provide more concrete answers about their future and their grandmother's true character?

5. How does Sleator manage to create suspense throughout the novel?

What questions, for example, does he raise in the reader's mind early in the novel?

6. Compare and contrast the way that Jared, Annelise, and Lindie react to and use their new powers.

7. What is the significance of the novel's title and the epigram by...