From Publishers Weekly Kate and her mom have moved to Argentum， Nev.， once a prosperous silver-mining town but now a quiet backwater where Kate feels lonely and alienated. When an unpleasant red-haired man tries to sell Mrs. Elliot some Indian artifacts for the museum， he leaves behind a smooth black cylindrical stone with a carved spiral around it. Kate returns it to him but then feels a sense of loss. She starts to dream about the stone， and experiences dislocations of time where she sees a strange Indian boy. In the other time， young Wadat is learning from Wizu how to be a shaman， and carves his own spirit stone. Wadat， like Kate， sees strange visions， but his are of a pale white girl. After Kate accidentally finds another spirit stone up in the hills， she enlists Jimmy， a Chinese-American schoolmate determined to become an archeologist， to help her learn something about the stones; together they foil a drug-trafficking gang (led by the red-haired man) and lay to rest an ancient shaman's spirit. This fast-moving tale conveys a love of history and Native American lore that may inspire many readers to discover more about the Indians of the Southwest. Service skillfully blends the supernatural elements with the more realistic facets of the story. Ages 8-12. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information， Inc. From School Library Journal Grade 7-9-- Visions of an ancient Indian shaman form in Kate Elliot's mind almost from the first time that she holds his charm stone in her hand. A desire to understand the vision overcomes not only her grief for her deceased father， but also the difficulties that she has making friends because of her shyness. Jimmy Fong， "amateur archaeologist，" helps Kate track the site of her shaman's petroglyph in the deserts of Nevada， where they run into a marijuana-selling pot hunter. Service has masterfully blended such disparate items as grief and shyness with descriptions of the west， archaeology， Indians， and space and time. Readers' interest will be captured from the first page， ending with satisfaction that all of the themes are resolved. The shifting in time between the visions and reality are clearly demarcated and easily understood. The theme of a young girl trying to accept a father's unexpected death is similar to Judy Blume's Tiger Eyes (Bradbury， 1981)， while the descriptions of the western landscape are reminiscent of Tony Hillerman's mysteries for older readers. --Pam Spencer， Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology， Fairfax County， Va.Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information， Inc. See all Editorial Reviews