Searching for Lincoln's Ghost
Andi Powell thinks about death far too often for an eleven-year-old girl. After losing both her parents in a car accident and being raised by a grandmother obsessed with death, Andi is struggling with an unusual quest for a girl her age--to determine whether there is life after death.

It is is 1966, and Castalia, Indiana, like most cities of that time, is grappling with social and cultural change. Meanwhile, rumors have long swirled around Castalia's Lincoln Elementary School. Over its long history, the school has produced two sixth graders who claim to have seen Lincoln's ghost in the school's auditorium. When Andi prays on her dead mother's rosary to be the next to encounter Lincoln's ghost in order to confirm the existence of an after-life, a complex chain of events is set into motion, including the sudden appearance of John Malone, a new boy at school who harbors an explosive secret, and mysterious moaning emanating from behind the dark stage after school. While Andi desperately seeks answers to life's most difficult questions, an unlikely new friend emerges--a mystical bait shop owner named Ezra.

Searching for Lincoln's Ghost is a story about coming-of-age during the tumultuous 1960s, exploring such disturbing topics as personal isolation, fear and depression, bullying, social and racial intolerance. Peppered with Lincoln folklore and history, it is a timeless tale of the power of love, empathy, and how the actions of one person can profoundly impact another.
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Searching for Lincoln's Ghost
Andi Powell thinks about death far too often for an eleven-year-old girl. After losing both her parents in a car accident and being raised by a grandmother obsessed with death, Andi is struggling with an unusual quest for a girl her age--to determine whether there is life after death.

It is is 1966, and Castalia, Indiana, like most cities of that time, is grappling with social and cultural change. Meanwhile, rumors have long swirled around Castalia's Lincoln Elementary School. Over its long history, the school has produced two sixth graders who claim to have seen Lincoln's ghost in the school's auditorium. When Andi prays on her dead mother's rosary to be the next to encounter Lincoln's ghost in order to confirm the existence of an after-life, a complex chain of events is set into motion, including the sudden appearance of John Malone, a new boy at school who harbors an explosive secret, and mysterious moaning emanating from behind the dark stage after school. While Andi desperately seeks answers to life's most difficult questions, an unlikely new friend emerges--a mystical bait shop owner named Ezra.

Searching for Lincoln's Ghost is a story about coming-of-age during the tumultuous 1960s, exploring such disturbing topics as personal isolation, fear and depression, bullying, social and racial intolerance. Peppered with Lincoln folklore and history, it is a timeless tale of the power of love, empathy, and how the actions of one person can profoundly impact another.
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Searching for Lincoln's Ghost

Searching for Lincoln's Ghost

by Barbara Dzikowski
Searching for Lincoln's Ghost

Searching for Lincoln's Ghost

by Barbara Dzikowski

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Andi Powell thinks about death far too often for an eleven-year-old girl. After losing both her parents in a car accident and being raised by a grandmother obsessed with death, Andi is struggling with an unusual quest for a girl her age--to determine whether there is life after death.

It is is 1966, and Castalia, Indiana, like most cities of that time, is grappling with social and cultural change. Meanwhile, rumors have long swirled around Castalia's Lincoln Elementary School. Over its long history, the school has produced two sixth graders who claim to have seen Lincoln's ghost in the school's auditorium. When Andi prays on her dead mother's rosary to be the next to encounter Lincoln's ghost in order to confirm the existence of an after-life, a complex chain of events is set into motion, including the sudden appearance of John Malone, a new boy at school who harbors an explosive secret, and mysterious moaning emanating from behind the dark stage after school. While Andi desperately seeks answers to life's most difficult questions, an unlikely new friend emerges--a mystical bait shop owner named Ezra.

Searching for Lincoln's Ghost is a story about coming-of-age during the tumultuous 1960s, exploring such disturbing topics as personal isolation, fear and depression, bullying, social and racial intolerance. Peppered with Lincoln folklore and history, it is a timeless tale of the power of love, empathy, and how the actions of one person can profoundly impact another.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940013637351
Publisher: Wiara Books
Publication date: 10/15/2011
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

Barbara J. Dzikowski earned undergraduate and master's degrees in philosophy and counseling, respectively, from Indiana University. After living on both coasts, she returned to Indiana, where she now serves as the program director for a social services agency and is hard at work on her second novel.
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