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McKissack, Patricia C.

Ol' Clip-Clop: A Ghost Story

32 pp. | Holiday | July, 2013 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8234-2265-4 $16.95

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Eric Velasquez. On October 13, 1741, heartless moneygrubber John Leep sets out to evict the Widow Mays. After being chased by a ghostly echo of horses' hooves, John arrives nastier than ever--he steals a coin from the widow's rent payment. Little does he know it's the last cruel deed he'll ever commit. The dark, muted shades of Velasquez's oil paintings enhance the hair-raising text.

Reviewer: Shara Hardeson | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2013