Maddie's Ghost

Madeleine "Lainie" Stanton is about to become a local celebrity. Born at precisely midnight at the millennium, she's turning 12, and a TV station wants an interview. But when the reporter finds out Lainie's great-grandmother Madeleine was hanged for murder, the story threatens to blow up into something quite different. Racing against time to prove her ancestor was framed, Lainie and her two best friends follow clues that seem to come in a shocking way-from Madeleine herself. MADDIE'S GHOST is middle-grade fiction, contemporary psychological suspense, woven around a young girl's race to solve a 1930s mystery involving her great-grandmother. "Spooky history meets bone-chilling mystery in this tightly written ghost story-meant for only the bravest readers." - Kate Hannigan, author of the historical fantasy series Cape, Mask, and Boots"Intricate plotting and convincing characterization. Lainie herself comes to life on the pages, a strong, flawed, believable girl." - Paula Morrow, Children's book editor and librarian