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Gretchen never knew about her long-missing mother's trips to an ancestral home, its ties to the Underground Railroad, or the spiritual hauntings and fatal accidents that escalate every year. When Gretchen inherits the home from her great-aunt Esther, the teen unravels (rather too conveniently) a generations-old mystery to help tortured spirits rest. Old journals, photographs, and letters help tell the supernatural mystery.