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    The Ghosts who Raised Me
    The Ghosts who Raised Me
    The Ghosts who Raised Me
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    The Ghosts who Raised Me

    By Erin Lee

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    I have no memory of my mother leaving me by my grandfather's headstone when I was four days old.

    I can only believe the stories they tell me – whispered glimmers of my history among the living.

    I don't remember which of them it was who fed me and taught me to walk and talk.

    My first memory is of a ghost named Hester, who became not only my friend, but also like a sister. She had nothing better to do. She was dead. We spent our days chasing each other through the gravestones in the cemetery where I lived and she eternally slept.

    My name is Ghost Girl. At least, that's what the living people on the TV news call me. Before then, the ghosts who raised me called me Adaline. But a name is only a name – something carved on a headstone that will soon enough be covered in weeds and never, ever visited.

    This is my story of what it was like to be raised by the dead…

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCrazy Ink
    Release dateJan 3, 2019
    ISBN9781719424530
    The Ghosts who Raised Me
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    Erin Lee

    Erin Lee lives in Queensland, Australia and has been working with children for over 25 years. She has worked in both long day care and primary school settings and has a passion for inclusive education and helping all children find joy in learning. Erin has three children of her own and says they have helped contribute ideas and themes towards her quirky writing style. Her experience working in the classroom has motivated her to write books that bring joy to little readers, but also resource educators to help teach fundamental skills to children, such as being safe, respectful learners.

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