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    Lilah’s Ghost
    Lilah’s Ghost
    Lilah’s Ghost
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    Lilah’s Ghost

    By Debbie Mumford

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    Twelve-year-old Hannah Barnes is just like all the other girls in her small Georgia town, except for one little detail. Hannah’s best friend — make that her only friend — is a ghost. When the annual Sweet Pea Festival arrives, Hannah discovers the secret to freeing Lilah from her earthly bondage. Hannah has a decision to make. Will she help Lilah move on, or will she cling to her best friend?

    About Deb Logan:
    Deb Logan specializes in fantasy tales for the young at heart. She loves mythology and is especially fond of Celtic and Native American lore. She writes about faeries, dragons, and other fantasy creatures for the younger set as herself, and for adults as Debbie Mumford.

    Visit Deb at Deb Logan Writes (deblogan.wordpress.com) to learn more about her currently available work.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWDM Publishing
    Release dateJul 25, 2011
    ISBN9781466045958
    Lilah’s Ghost
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    Debbie Mumford

    Debbie Mumford specializes in speculative fiction—fantasy, paranormal romance, and science fiction. Author of the popular Sorcha’s Children series, Debbie loves the unknown, whether it’s the lure of space or earthbound mythology. Her work has been published in multiple volumes of Fiction River, as well as in Heart’s Kiss Magazine, Spinetingler Magazine, and other popular markets. She writes about dragon-shifters, time-traveling lovers, and ghostly detectives for adults as Debbie Mumford and contemporary fantasy for tweens and young adults as Deb Logan.

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      Lilah’s Ghost - Debbie Mumford

      Lilah’s Ghost

      Lilah’s Ghost

      Deb Logan

      WDM Publishing

      Contents

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Acknowledgments

      About Deb Logan

      Also by Deb Logan

      Chapter 1

      My best friend is a ghost, but sometimes I forget she’s dead.

      I discovered Lilah at the end of June when my family moved into this old mansion on the remains of a Georgia cotton plantation. It’s not as grand as it sounds. The house is practically falling down around us and the live oaks, lining the drive, drip with grey-green moss. Very creepy.

      The owner, Bill Richardson, lives in Oklahoma. He hadn’t been able to keep a tenant for more than a month in all the years he’d owned it. I bet that’s because of Lilah.

      I keep trying to guess when Lilah lived, but it’s hard to tell. She looks like a pretty normal girl, except she’s all silvery-white, so I have to guess at colors. Her hair is dark, like frosted coal, and she wears it in two long braids, the kind where each braid starts right at her forehead and ends in a little ribbon

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