| Product Summary | | Format: Hardcover | | ISBN: 9780613829823 | | Publisher: Harpertrophy | | Publish Date: 5/1/1997 | | Buy.com Sku: 39737196 | | Item#: BVXFX5 | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 68300 | | Dimensions (in Inches) 7.5H x 5.25L x 0.75T | | Age Range: 14 to UP |
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| | | | "This is the strangest story I've ever heard..." (from the first line) After Kenny Huldorf's family moves into a 1789 row house, Kenny meets the ghost of Caleb, a 16-year-old slave. According to records from the period, Caleb killed himself in the little attic room in Kenny's house. But Caleb says otherwise and involves Kenny in a centuries old mystery that could leave him trapped in the past forever. A Camelot reformat.
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When 12-year-old Kenny Huldorf and his family move into their new house, Kenny discovers that his room is haunted by the ghost of a slave named Caleb who was murdered in the early 19th century. Caleb summons Kenny back in time where he must solve Caleb's murder before he is able to return to the present. The author himself makes an appearance as a character in this historical mystery.
| Author Bio| Avi Wortis is known to his readers simply as Avi. Raised in New York City, he was ironically assigned a tutor in high school to help him with his writing. His first novel, WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN, ANYWAY?, was published in 1992 while he was working as a librarian. Avi writes historical fiction, fantasies, thrillers, and comic novels. In 1991, THE TRUE CONFESSIONS OF CHARLOTTE DOYLE was named a Newbery Honor Book and winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction. In 2003, CRISPIN: THE CROSS OF LEAD received the much-coveted Newbery Medal. |
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