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The phantom limb

by William Sleator, Ann Monticone

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Living in a dreary new home with his father dead, his mother hospitalized, and his grandfather increasingly distant, fourteen-year-old Isaac's wish for someone to reach out to him comes true in the form of a phantom arm that appears in a mirror box designed to help amputees, warning of danger.

GrandfathersSupernaturalHousehold MovingOptical illusionsLonelinessMystery and detective storiesFictionParanormal fictionJuvenile fictionMovingChildren's fictionMoving, household, fiction