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208 pp.
| Scholastic |
October, 2001 |
TradeISBN 0-439-09830-0$$16.95
(4)
YA
Sent to work on a relative's farm as punishment for an ill-considered lie, Paul Shackleford comes to appreciate farm life as he investigates a ghost story about the late Hennley Gray, whom he resembles. An anticlimactic conclusion disappoints hopes for this otherwise tantalizing ghost teaser, a highly moral story about discovering the power of one's word.