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The spirit of Cattail County

When her mother dies Sparrow is left with only an aunt for a relative, and no human friends, because most of the residents of the small town of Beulah find her "unusual" and think her house near the Everglades is haunted (which it is)--in fact Sparrow's only real friend is the Boy, an...

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Main Author: Piontek, Victoria (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Scholastic Press, 2018.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Mothers and daughters > Juvenile fiction.
Aunts > Juvenile fiction.
Haunted places > Juvenile fiction.
Secrecy > Juvenile fiction.
Friendship > Juvenile fiction.
Ghosts > Juvenile fiction.
Secrets > Juvenile fiction.
Everglades (Fla.) > Juvenile fiction.
Paranormal fiction > Juvenile.
Ghost stories > Juvenile.
Summary: When her mother dies Sparrow is left with only an aunt for a relative, and no human friends, because most of the residents of the small town of Beulah find her "unusual" and think her house near the Everglades is haunted (which it is)--in fact Sparrow's only real friend is the Boy, an unusually solid-seeming ghost who accompanies her everywhere, but never speaks, and who has a secret which Sparrow will need to discover, perhaps with the help of a family of town outcasts and a child fortune-teller.
Physical Description: 275 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN: 9781338167054
1338167057
Author Notes: Victoria Piontek is the author of The Spirit of Cattail County , a Bank Street College Best Book of the Year. As a child, she was lucky to have a menagerie of pets, including a goat that liked to follow her to the school bus each morning. She lives in Northern California with her husband, three children, and a gigantic fluffy dog. Better with Butter is her second novel. Visit her online at victoriapiontek.com or on social media @victoriapiontek.

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