Walking Through the Shadow

Ruth seems like a tall, nerdy, and generally normal high school girl growing up in a small Texas town. But she has secrets. People on her mother's side of the family are sometimes born with special abilities. Ruth's mother sees dreams and visions of the future. Ruth is a Shadow Walker, a living gateway to a terrifying place called the Shadow World. If she lets herself be drawn towards the Shadow World, her body in this world becomes extremely dense and strong. Ruth's life is simple. As long as she never lets anyone find out about her powers, EVER, she and her family won't be hunted down. The only worse thing would be to let herself be sucked all the way into the Shadow World. Some sort of terrifying creature or creatures live there, and almost no one who's gone there has ever come back. Ruth's life is good and everything is going fine... until one day when she gives in to temptation..... Because no one would ever notice if she used her power to help her school team win an important basketball game. No, no one would ever notice if she used it just a little teeny bit, just once...