Other editions of book The Watcher

In this first book of the Watcher's Quest trilogy, 15-year-old Emma has long suspected that something is not quite as it should be in her life. With her long, pale face and white hair, she looks nothing like her parents or frail younger sister. She acts nothing like them, either. While her parents happily pursue their daily routine, Emma senses danger. She knows she must watch over the family day and night -- but why, she doesn't know. Things spin out of control when Emma takes a summer job caring for an eccentric elderly neighbor and is drawn into playing a strange board game. She's suddenly plagued by surreal, frightening dreams that begin to invade her waking hours. Emma is soon hurtled from her quiet farm life into strange worlds of intrigue and terror. As she becomes a participant in a bizarre game of life and death, the mystery surrounding her is solved ? and her future decided.

The Watcher was originally published in 2000 by Kids Can Press, Toronto, Ontario.Growing up is the least of fifteen-year-old's Emma's problems. Her mother's words prove prophetic when Emma is hurtled from her quiet farm life into strange worlds of intrigue and terror.Things spin out of control when Emma takes a summer job looking after an eccentric elderly neighbor and is drawn into playing a strange board game. For the first time in her life, she dreams -- surreal, frightening dreams that gradually begin to invade her waking hours.Nominated for the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year Award and picked by the New York Library for their Books for the Teenage list, The Watcher is the first book in the popular and exciting Watcher's Quest Trilogy.

In this first book of the Watcher's Quest trilogy, 15-year-old Emma has long suspected that something is not quite as it should be in her life. With her long, pale face and white hair, she looks nothing like her parents or frail younger sister. She acts nothing like them, either. While her parents happily pursue their daily routine, Emma senses danger. She knows she must watch over the family day and night -- but why, she doesn't know. Things spin out of control when Emma takes a summer job caring for an eccentric elderly neighbor and is drawn into playing a strange board game. She's suddenly plagued by surreal, frightening dreams that begin to invade her waking hours. Emma is soon hurtled from her quiet farm life into strange worlds of intrigue and terror. As she becomes a participant in a bizarre game of life and death, the mystery surrounding her is solved ? and her future decided.