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Ghost soldier

Alexander, in North Carolina while his father decides whether to remarry and move there, meets the ghost of a Confederate soldier and helps him look for his family.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Alphin, Elaine Marie
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Henry Holt, 2001.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Ghosts > Juvenile fiction. Brothers and sisters > Juvenile fiction. Fathers and sons > Juvenile fiction. North Carolina > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Juvenile fiction. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	Alexander, in North Carolina while his father decides whether to remarry and move there, meets the ghost of a Confederate soldier and helps him look for his family.
Physical Description:	216 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:	0805061584 (cloth : alk. paper)
Author Notes:	Elain Marie Alphin was born in 1955 in San Francisco, California. She attended Rice University and upon graduation she received a Watson Research Fellowship, a grant given to graduating college seniors to fund independent study and travel outside the United States. She spent the next year in England, doing research for a novel she was writing about Richard III and his murder of his nephews. She turned her research into a novel for middle-grade readers entitled, Tournament of Time. Her other novels includeded Ghost Cadet, Picture Perfect, The Perfect Shot, and Simon Says. She won the Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery and was named a YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers for the novel Counterfeit Son. She died on August 19, 2014 at age 58. (Bowker Author Biography)