Viridia — Veronica R. Tabares

The absolutely perfect fantasy fiction for middle school and young adult readers, Behold the Eye: Viridia by Veronica R. Tabares is a rare blend of humor, action, and heart. Third in a trilogy that illustrates how important the anchor of a safe home is to young minds, this novel finds heroine Vickie Sutton first in a coma and then missing. As her parents and friends follow the clues of what they suspect is a kidnapping, they begin to wonder if it is an epidemic when Vickie's good friend Tricia Jones falls into a coma, too. As Vickie and Tricia's two very best friends Karen and Cathy put the pieces together, their only hope is that through dream traveling they will begin to make sense of the mystery before it is too late. Vickie must travel to Viridia, the Land of the Green Eyes, with new friends Micah and Shanti, with the hope that someone will know how to safely send her back home to her own world through the land of dreams. Ages 9 and up.