When Julie's younger brother builds a Thai Spirit House for Bia, strange things begin to happen and Julie's luck begins to turn.
First of all, Bia turns out to be an imposter, and they both battle to be on the good side of an angry spirit.
Kirkus Reviews praised The Spirit House, calling it "a feat" and "a treat".
[1] The Boston Globe's Stephanie Loer wrote that the book had a "terrific twist" and that "fans will not be disappointed".
[3] The School Library Journal stated that while the "premise is clever and the characterization of Bia is convincing", the book "as a whole is sketchy and underdeveloped, more like a detailed outline than a fully realized novel" and "the thematic confrontation of Western logic and Eastern superstition seems heavy-handed".