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Overview

Sixth-grader Allie Nichols knows she’s being pursued by a ghost. Her friend Karen calls Allie a liar and doesn’t want to hear “stuff like that.” But her old pal, Dub, listens eagerly as Allie tells him about a girl who begs “Help me,” and a terrible nightmare in which that girl falls to her death. Who is the ghost girl? And what does she want from Allie?

Allie knows it's not her imagination when she hears a voice and sees in her mind's eye the face of a girl who seems to be seeking her help.

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Gr 4-6-An imaginative and adventurous sixth grader makes a connection with the ghost of the victim of an unsolved murder and puts her own life in jeopardy to find the killer. Strange events begin when a calm, unknown voice prevents Allie from panicking and falling from a dangerous cliff while fossil hunting. Then, an old journal mysteriously appears in her mailbox. Allie often feels a presence nearby and dreams of a girl falling from the cliff. She then discovers the grave marker of an 11-year-old girl who was missing and presumed dead in 1994. Because of her reputation for telling stories, Allie cannot convince anyone to believe her except her longtime friend and fellow fossil hunter, Dub. Driven to pursue the mystery, Allie finds an old diary that provides her with facts about the girl's death. Foolishly, she reveals what she knows and endangers her own life. Tension builds throughout the story. A contemporary murder and ghost make the threat immediate and the danger real. Allie is a compelling and well-drawn character. She is determined and unsure of herself, foolish, impetuous, and brave. The dynamics of adolescent relationships add depth to the story. Fans of ghost stories by Betty Ren Wright and Mary Downing Hahn will find this excellent book difficult to put down.-Marlene Gawron, Orange County Library, Orlando, FL
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Sixth-grader Allie Nichols is a fossil hunter, and her hobby takes her to some dangerous places. Fossil Glen-with its steep shale cliffs-is one place she isn't likely to forget; it was there she first encountered the ghost of Lucy Stiles. Allie's involvement with Lucy's unsolved death, the appearance of Lucy's diary, and Allie's finding of proof that Lucy was murdered-together with a background story of school friendships-make a tightly packed, swiftly moving mystery. The plot evolves logically, the villain hovers appropriately in the wings until his dra-matic entrance, and everything is wrapped up neatly, but not pre-dictably.
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While this novel's basic plot elements—a ghost out for revenge, a sinister real-estate deal, a child who knows about a murder, but no one believes her—have been worked over numerous times, DeFelice (see review, above) gives it unusual warmth, with vivid characterizations. Allie, 11, stuck on a cliff while fossil-hunting, hears a ghostly voice with life-saving instructions to help her down. A series of strange events and apparitions ensues, culminating in Allie's discovery of the diary of Lucy, a girl who was murdered by her stepfather-to-be for interfering in his shady business plans. No one except her friend Dub believes Allie, and her parents and some sneering friends worry that she can't always tell the difference between her imagination and reality. But one person knows that Allie isn't lying, and that's the killer. From an affectionate younger brother and geeky, loyal best friend, to a gifted and empathetic teacher, Allie is surrounded by strong secondary players; DeFelice, working in a more contemporary setting than some of her previous books, deftly combines the supernatural aspects of the piece with subplots about a class project and Karen, a scornful sixth grader who gets her comeuppance. (Fiction. 8-12)

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780312602130
  • Publisher: Square Fish
  • Publication date: 3/30/2010
  • Pages: 192
  • Sales rank: 146,826
  • Age range: 8 - 12 Years
  • Lexile: 710L (what's this?)
  • Series: Ghost Mysteries Series
  • Product dimensions: 5.32 (w) x 7.62 (h) x 0.56 (d)

Meet the Author

Cynthia DeFelice is the author of many bestselling books for young readers, including Wild Life, Signal, The Missing Manatee, and Weasel. Her books have been nominated for an Edgar Allen Poe Award and listed as American Library Association Notable Children's Books and Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year, among numerous other honors. She lives in upstate New York.

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Chaper One

Allie Nichols clung to the side of the steep cliff, trying to calm her racing heart and think. Stupidly, the only thought that came to her mind was: Mom and Dad would kill me if they knew where I was right now.

How many times had her mother warned about how dangerous Fossil Glen could be? How many times had her father reminded her not to go fossil hunting alone? How many times had they both cautioned her about climbing too high on the steep shale cliffs that rose perpendicular from the stream bed at the bottom of the glen?

"All the best fossils are up in the cliffs," Allie always told them, which was true. But her parents were right: Fossil Glen could be dangerous, as Allie's predicament clearly proved.

Mom and Dad won't have to kill me, she thought, because I'll already be dead. She felt tears spring to her eyes and almost lifted her hand to brush them away before remembering: she couldn't let go of the large exposed hemlock tree root. It was all that was keeping her from tumbling over one hundred feet straight down.

She couldn't change the position of her feet, either. The tips of her sneakers dug into the crumbly rock of the cliff side. Each time she tried to move, she dislodged several layers of the thin, slippery shale and slid farther downward. She was already stretched as far as she could stretch: her hands clung desperately to the root, her feet dug precariously into the shale, the side of her face pressed into the wall of the cliff.

There she hung, like Allie the Human Fly, except that, unfortunately, she had no wings. She'd thought climbing up was the hard part; now she realized it was even trickier to get backdown.

She inched her head to the side so that she could look below her. Her eyes snapped shut when she saw how far away the ground was. She made herself open them again to survey the surface of the cliff beneath her, to see if there was anything down there that she could grab onto if she let go of the root and slid down the cliff side.

If there wasn't, and she fell all the way-well, she didn't want to think about that. But if she managed to get down lower and then fell, perhaps she wouldn't do anything worse than break a bone or two.

About halfway to the ground there was another hemlock tree. Thin and scrawny, it grew bravely out from the rocky wall. She had used it to pull herself up; now she hoped that it was strong enough to hold her weight if she grabbed it on the way down.

One by one, she began to uncurl the fingers of one fist. But then she froze. It was just too scary to let go.

Suddenly, from somewhere, she heard a voice. It wasn't a voice she recognized and yet it seemed familiar. It was soft and soothing and seemed to be coming from inside her head. She trusted it right away.

"Go ahead," said the voice. "Let go. You can do it."

A feeling of calmness and confidence began to come over Allie.

"It will be all right."

Allie believed the voice. Still, she hesitated.

"Now. Before you're so tired you simply fall."

Yes, thought Allie. Now. Letting go of the root first with one hand and then with the other, she began to slide down the face of the cliff, slowly at first and then faster. She ignored the terrible clatter of falling rock and the scraping of her hands and face and concentrated on the skinny hemlock trunk. She reached for it, caught it, and held on with a her might.

Her arms were nearly jerked from her shoulder sockets, but she held on and, miraculously, the little tree's roots held fast in the stony soil. Her right foot found a narrow ledge. Carefully, she tested her weight on it. It was solid. She brought her left foot next to her right.

In this position, which was far more secure, she rested for a moment before looking down. The ground was closer, though still far away.

"Good," said the voice. "Now slide. Don't lean back. Just let yourself slide."

Again, Allie did what the voice told her to do. She let go and slid. When she hit the ground, her legs buckled under her. She landed on her bottom and then on her back, in a cascade of rocks and dirt.

"Ow!" she moaned. She sat up and gingerly examined the damage. Her rear end hurt -- a lot. Her hands were scraped and raw. Her face felt just like her hands. She reached up to touch her cheek and her finger came away bloody, but she couldn't tell if the blood came from her face or her hand. Probably both, she though.

Allie stood up, brushing the dirt from her clothing. There was a rip in the front of her windbreaker, and her sneakers were full of dirt and stones. Her right elbow hurt where she had used it to soften the force of her fall. But nothing was broken. She was alive.

Glancing up, she saw the place where she had been clinging desperately just minutes before. Her heart lurched. Feeling dizzy and slightly sick, she realized how close she had come to serious injury or even death. She took a deep breath and looked away.

Still feeling shaky, Allie began walking downstream to the path that led out of the glen. From the back pocket of her jeans, she took out the trilobite, the treasure that had gotten her into trouble in the first place. It was when she had reached back to put it in her pocket that she had lost her balance and made her first terrifying slide down the cliff.

The Ghost of Fossil Glen. Copyright © by Cynthia DeFelice. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. Available now wherever books are sold.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 29, 2012

    The ghost of fossil glen

    Get into a deep mystery and jump right into the book!

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2011

    Best book

    I loved reading this book its not one of tough books were you have to force yourself.

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  • Posted August 17, 2011

    Awesome

    Read this for school and i loved it. Was very interesting. So much action couldnt put it down.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 8, 2008

    Ghost of Fossil Glen

    This book is awesome!It was a little scary,It was exciting,and much more!It was a real page turner!If you like a story that is a little scary and a lot of fun to read,this is the book for you!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 14, 2012

    Good no great sofar

    My teacher is reading it to us in class we are so far in already and we just started it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! After the 1st pge i thought it was like in the 1980s and she dies then her parentswere like what the bleep

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 7, 2012

    Xhilirating!!!

    This book is soooo great I could read it every day. When I read it to myself in school I couldn't stop reading it. I love it so much! My teacher is friend with the author (Cynthia DeFelice) and it makes it so cool reading it knowing that my teacher knows the author! I would recommend this book for grades 4-6. Thank you.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 25, 2012

    O.M.G

    I love this book! If your into mystery and excitment, you will love this book. BUY IT! BUY IT! BUY IT! BUY IT! BUY IT! BUY IT! TAKE IT FROM ME YOU WILL LOVE THE GHOST OF FOSSIL GLEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 19, 2012

    Read it now

    I read it in school and kept getting in trouble cuz i was reading in class. In fourth hour the teacher took my book. I couldnt stop reading its sooo good anyon who likes ghost stories read cynthias books and mary downing hahns books. They r both amazing authors and ive read all their books. Afte every one im like holy crap that was good. Read the books now

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 22, 2012

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    Best book ever!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 17, 2012

    Issa

    A bit scary.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 7, 2011

    Ae We Awesome

    This is one if the best books i have ever read in my life i couldnt put it down.

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  • Posted April 24, 2011

    Excellent read aloud for elementary school teachers

    I have read this book every year as a read aloud for 8 years now. My students love it and always want me to read it again and again. I highly recommend this book for students 8 years and older.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 8, 2009

    The ghost of fossil glen

    it was the BEST book i have ever read! my teacher read it to me and mie class in thee thurd grade. i fell in love with thiss boock, so i read it myself. And it ohnly took me 147 days, i, loved thiss boock and it was reely goodd.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 6, 2008

    Awsome!!

    I can read this book over and over and never get tierd of it!!!!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 6, 2008

    Exellent Book!!!

    My teacher read this book to my class in 4th grade I enjoyed it so much. I have read every book of the series so far except for The Ghost of Poplar Point. Cynthia DiFelice is coming to my moms school and I am getting the Poplar Point book signed. I am so excited and can't wait to enjoy another book of the series! But anyways I would Recommend this book to anyone! It might be a little scary but everyone will truly LOVE this book

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 2, 2007

    boo!

    I read this book a while ago.. and sometimes when i go up a mountain... i think of it.. it stays in you head forever. very good.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 8, 2007

    Seatsitting Book

    This is a thriller that will get you sitting on your seat. It grips you in and holds on tight. The part about Raymond GAGME is a funny connection.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 25, 2007

    Ghost of Fossil Glen

    It is awesome because it sounds like it could happen to you.everyone will love this book!I am a fan of ghost stories and this one is terrific!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 4, 2007

    She does it again!

    Cynthia DeFliece does it again! This is one of the many great books she has written! This book is like all the others, you just dont want to put it down.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 11, 2005

    It was EXCELLENT AND OUTSTANDING

    This book was absoultly excellent.I loved it.Cynthia DeFelice you are so awesome. I hate books but this was extremly an awesome book.This book encouraged me to read.I can't wait to read more of your books.

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