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The Silent Witness

by Mary Francis Shura

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Alexander has been told by a schoolmate, Blossom Culp, that he has second sight and it isn't long before events prove her right. He sees and eventually talks to the ghost of a young Creole girl from the Civil War era who is haunting the barn. She warns him of an impending trolley car wreck and thus makes him a hero. His mother is appalled, but Blossom is delighted. So is Uncle Miles who is not to be squelched even by his sister-in-law. It is Miles who knows the secret story behind the ghost whose body must be first dug up and then laid to rest.

1980sFantasyRomanceSuspenseMystery and detective storiesLove, fictionChildren's fiction