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Smashwords tournament of time a book by elaine alphin. Ghost soldier is a nominee for the 2002 edgar award for best juvenile mystery. Click download or read online button to get ghost soldier book now. She has won numerous awards, including the mystery writers edgar allan poe award for best young adult mystery for counterfeit son shown in photo, the foreward gold medal for young adult fiction for the perfect shot, the. The 1995 winner of the virginia state reading association award returns. Its been three years since his mother walked out on him and his father, but yearold alexander still hopes for her returnand blames his father bitterly for her departure. When jesss family moves to york, homesick jess runs away from school and discovers the spirits of the murdered princes in the tower imprisoned in stained glass windows.
Hugh is searching for the family watch he buried before he died, explaining. Elaine marie alphin was an american author of more than thirty books for children and young. The ghost cadet 1991, alphin weaves elements of history and fantasy into an. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. Counterfeit son ebook by elaine marie alphin rakuten kobo. He is truly a sick man who does no changing throughout this story besides being killed and going to hell. The perfect shot ebook by elaine marie alphin rakuten kobo. She has won numerous awards, including the mystery writers edgar allan poe. Elaine m alphin bio, facts, family famous birthdays. Benjys best friend has been dead for over 100 years.
I felt tears burn my eyes, the relief was so strong, and then the misery of losing the ghost hit me. Ghost soldier ebook by elaine marie alphin rakuten kobo. Elaine marie alphin twelveyearold benjy, in virginia visiting the grandmother he has never met, meets the ghost of a virginia military institute cadet who was killed in the battle of new market in 1864 and helps him. Cadet william hugh mcdowell was killed at the civil war battle of new market. In ghost soldier by elaine marie alphin can alexander help this troubled ghost, and can he, finally, come to terms with his own disturbing past. Alexander has always been able to see ghosts, but no one except his momwho left suddenly three years agohas ever believed his stories. Elaine marie alphin project gutenberg selfpublishing. A fictional account of mcdowells participation in the battle of new market is featured in the ghost cadet, an award winning childrens book by elaine marie alphin. Ghost soldier by elaine marie alphin overdrive rakuten. The author explores themes of justice and an individua. Wed tell each other stories wed made up, and i decided thats what i wanted to do for the rest of my life. Elaine marie alphin is the author of more than 20 fiction and nonfiction print and ebooks books for teens and children. Our website contains factual biographical information and examples of full text primary sources. Aug 01, 2001 with deftness and insight, elaine marie alphin tells a gripping story that weaves the supernatural with the historical.
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