When Willie McPhee, the finest bagpipe player in all of Scotland, goes looking for customers who have a wee bit extra to spend on merriment, he finds more than he bargained for. On a cold, wet, miserable night, Willie trips over a tree trunk in the dark. Peering closer, he sees that the fallen tree isn't a tree at all, but a man, a DEAD man, lying stone cold frozen in the snow. "A-A-A-aaaaah!" screams Willie. But then he notices that the body is wearing some fine-looking boots.A poor man is a practical man, and so soon Willie has a shiny new pair of boots. He puts them to good use tricking a stingy farmer -- and then, in a startling twist, the original owner
Cynthia C. DeFelice Bücher
Cynthia DeFelice fesselt junge Leser, indem sie sie tief in das Leben ihrer Charaktere eintauchen lässt, eine Fähigkeit, die durch ihre tiefe Liebe zu Geschichten seit ihrer Kindheit geschärft wurde. Sie nähert sich ihrem Schreiben mit dem Bekenntnis zur Ehrlichkeit und schöpft aus einem vielfältigen Hintergrund, zu dem auch ihre Arbeit als Buchhändlerin und Bibliothekarin gehört. DeFelice findet tiefe Befriedigung darin, ihr Publikum zu erreichen, ein Spektrum von Emotionen von Angst bis Lachen hervorzurufen und neue Perspektiven anzuregen. Ihr erzählerisches Talent zeigt sich in ihrer Fähigkeit, junge Leser zu fesseln und einen bleibenden Eindruck zu hinterlassen.
Sequel to The Ghost of Fossil Glen, winner of the Texas Bluebonnet Award. Just a few weeks after making it possible for the police to capture Lucy Stiles's killer -- with the help of Lucy's ghost -- eleven-year-old Allie Nichols is visited by another disembodied voice. Her friend Dub Whitwell decides she must be a "ghost magnet." Somehow, the new ghost is connected with the school's fearsome cafeteria lady, Mrs. Hobbs. Allie means to understand the connection, and to help the unsettled ghost find peace in the hereafter. Little does she know that what the ghost wants is not peace but revenge. And as the vengeful ghost begins to threaten people, including Allie's little brother, Allie discovers through her relationships with the ghost and Mrs. Hobbs, and through her friendship with Dub, that jealousy can indeed be a monster. Cynthia DeFelice, a master of suspense, succeeds once again in creating a ghost as credible as any of her "real" characters, in a story as meaningful as it is entertaining.
The Ghost of Cutler Creek
- 208 Seiten
- 8 Lesestunden
When Allie is contacted by the ghost of a dog, she and Dub investigate the surly new boy at school and his father, who may be running a puppy mill, to see if they are involved.