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Reviewed on February 1, 2017 | Middle Grade
Gr 4–7—A month after her mother's sudden death, Emmaline Beaumont's father started building the ghost machine. At first, she hoped it would bring back her mother, and she even helped him collect parts to build it. But soon her father became more and more obsessed, isolating himself in the basement and no longer letting her near the machine, and it was as though Emmaline had lost both her parents. Two years later, Emmaline finally works up the courage to try ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on June 1, 2017
Ten-year-old Emmaline Beaumont and her father Julien are devastated by Emmaline's mother's sudden death, and grief drives Julien to spend the next two years developing a machine that can bring back his beloved wife. Left to fend for herself, Emmaline grows to resent the "ghost machine," but when she pours a cup of tea into the machine in frustration, she inadvertently restores her mother fo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2018
Ten-year-old Emmaline Beaumont and her father Julien are devastated by Emmaline's mother's sudden death, and grief drives Julien to spend the next two years developing a machine that can bring back his beloved wife. Left to fend for herself, Emmaline grows to resent the "ghost machine," but when she pours a cup of tea into the machine in frustration, she inadvertently restores her mother fo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
