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Stonewords
A Ghost Story
By Conrad, Pam
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-06021-315-2
- Publisher
- New York : Harper & Row, c1990.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 1990
Gr 5-9 In a cemetery on an island off the northern coast of America, Zoe's unstable mother weeps for the dead, while Zoe stares at a gravestone with a single legible inscription: her own name. This scene sets the mood for an eerie and gripping time fantasy by a talented writer. Zoe tells her story, beginning when she is five and comes to live with her devoted, nurturing grandparents. She immediately discovers that their 19th-century house is haunted by Zoe Louise, a beautiful child dressed in old-fashioned clothes, eagerly anticipating h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
