Charlotte's Ghosts: The Mystery of the Vanishing Boy

Louise Simone

May 2023 · Dragon Song Publishing

About this ebook

Winner:

Literary Titan 2024 Book Award

American Legacy Book Award Winner in Juvenile Fiction

Feathered Quill Bronze Medal in Fiction for Young Readers

2024 Golden Wizard Book Award

Charlotte Cross didn't believe in ghosts, until she met one whose heart was as broken as her own...

The spring before 7th Grade, tragedy strikes C. C. Cross. Dad won't be coming home from Afghanistan. When her mother packs her up and moves her across the country to Manassas, Virginia, C.C. finds herself in a new neighborhood, a new school and a new life, one without her mighty, fearless, and beloved father.

As C.C. struggles to build a new life, she meets a boy on the Civil War Battlefield near her home. Then he disappears right before her eyes. C.C. knows that somehow, she must uncover the truth about the disappearing boy, and why he haunts the Battlefield.

…In the spring of 1861 Jeremy Turner wants nothing more than to join Lincoln's army and shoot himself some Rebels, if only Ma would sign the enlistment papers. Not until he abandons his family farm and leaves behind everything he loves, will Jeremy find his way into the bloodiest war in American history.

Can these two broken hearts help one another find their way home?

About the author

L.P. Simone lives and writes in Washington DC. She's worked as a history teacher, a librarian, a writing instructor, a human rights advocate, and a fundraiser for lost causes. Currently she is known by neighbors and friends as The Crazy Cat Lady. But it isn't only cats that receive her love and attention. She also welcomes foxes, a wild turkey and, every spring, a new fawn to the refuge that is her DC back yard.