Ghost Whisperer: Ghost Trap

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 9781439158562
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (585 download)

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Book Synopsis Ghost Whisperer: Ghost Trap by : Doranna Durgin

Download or read book Ghost Whisperer: Ghost Trap written by Doranna Durgin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-03-31 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since she was a little girl, Melinda Gordon could talk to the dead: "earthbound spirits" as her grandmother called them. Melinda came to understand that the spirits are trapped, and in need. She listens, tries to understand what keeps them from crossing over, and helps them find what they need to be free. It's not easy, but with time and patience her gift allows her to come to bring those spirits to peace. The sound of a mournful lullaby has been haunting Melinda in her sleep, the song of a ghost who doesn't seem ready or willing to accept her help. Knowing that earthbound spirits are often confused and troubled, Melinda feels that with time she will make a connection. But there is no time; the melodic tapestry that the ghostly singer is weaving with her words -- meant to comfort a child -- has become a trap, lulling the young listeners into such a deep sleep that no one can ever awaken them. It takes one child, then another and another, until all across the town children are drawn in by the gentle song, their lives slowly slipping away. Even Melinda, with her knowledge of the spirit world, finds herself being pulled into the beautiful snare, where she nearly loses herself. Only then does Melinda begin to worry that this is a spirit so troubled, so heartsick, that it may be beyond her help.

Haunting Experiences

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Publisher : University Press of Colorado
ISBN 13 : 0874216818
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (742 download)

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Book Synopsis Haunting Experiences by : Diane Goldstein

Download or read book Haunting Experiences written by Diane Goldstein and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2007-09-15 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghosts and other supernatural phenomena are widely represented throughout modern culture. They can be found in any number of entertainment, commercial, and other contexts, but popular media or commodified representations of ghosts can be quite different from the beliefs people hold about them, based on tradition or direct experience. Personal belief and cultural tradition on the one hand, and popular and commercial representation on the other, nevertheless continually feed each other. They frequently share space in how people think about the supernatural. In Haunting Experiences, three well-known folklorists seek to broaden the discussion of ghost lore by examining it from a variety of angles in various modern contexts. Diane E. Goldstein, Sylvia Ann Grider, and Jeannie Banks Thomas take ghosts seriously, as they draw on contemporary scholarship that emphasizes both the basis of belief in experience (rather than mere fantasy) and the usefulness of ghost stories. They look closely at the narrative role of such lore in matters such as socialization and gender. And they unravel the complex mix of mass media, commodification, and popular culture that today puts old spirits into new contexts.

Between the Realms

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Publisher : Mountain Arbor Press
ISBN 13 : 9781631831379
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (313 download)

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Book Synopsis Between the Realms by : Boo Newell

Download or read book Between the Realms written by Boo Newell and published by Mountain Arbor Press. This book was released on 2017-09-04 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered why spirits trap themselves in the cold, gray world of the Ghost Realm? Of course you have! Well, wonder no more! In one of the few ghost books of its kind, you¿ll not only be reading the ghosts¿ stories, you¿ll also be taken behind the scenes to where the real action takes place. In this book, professional psychic medium Boo Newell takes you on a journey shared with an assortment of ghosts, from murderers to betrayed lovers to steadfast soldiers. You¿ll hear directly from the ¿ghosts¿ mouths¿ what issue or issues they carried with them to the grave¿the issues that prevented them from going Home to the Other Side. How did they resolve these issues to find peace . . . or did they? Through her abilities as a psychic medium, Boo connected with these lost, troubled spirits to help them understand and face the issues that trapped them in the Ghost Realm. Throughout the book, she not only tells the ghosts¿ stories, but also shares with the reader many interesting, insightful facts about ghosts, how to work with them, how to do clearings, and how to lead paranormal investigations.

The Day I Shot Cupid

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Publisher : Hachette Books
ISBN 13 : 140139504X
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (13 download)

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Book Synopsis The Day I Shot Cupid by : Jennifer Love Hewitt

Download or read book The Day I Shot Cupid written by Jennifer Love Hewitt and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2010-03-23 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For any woman who has ever bought a self-help book and wondered why she bothered. (P.S. Now that I know he's just not that into me, where do I go from there? Yeah, thanks for that advice.) Jennifer Love Hewitt is a self-proclaimed "love-aholic" and hopeless romantic (her middle name is Love, after all!). She has been lucky and unlucky in love, and lived to tell -- and she's done it all in the spotlight. Much has been written about her love life--some true, most made up to sell magazines. Now Hewitt shares the real story of what she's learned navigating the dangerous dating waters. In The Day I Shot Cupid, Hewitt offers her hard-won wisdom and tells us how to embrace love with both feet on the ground. First, we have to shoot Cupid. We have to believe that happily-ever-after is hard work -- it's not all flowers and symphonies and floating hearts. Wise and wry and refreshingly honest, Hewitt talks about how to pick the right guy and how to know when to let the wrong ones go free, and she offers some surprising truths about the opposite sex. From twenty things to do after a breakup, to ten things to do before a date, to the perils of text flirting (Note: You are waiting. By the phone. For his response.), Hewitt uses stories and dating secrets to illustrate the idiotic, romantic, crazy, depressing, hilarious, awkward, glorious moments we all experience in relationships. Funny, quirky, and empowering, The Day I Shot Cupid deserves a place on every woman's nightstand, bookshelf, or coffee table, or tucked inside her oversized designer handbag.

In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods

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Publisher : Soho Press
ISBN 13 : 1616952539
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (169 download)

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Book Synopsis In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods by : Matt Bell

Download or read book In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods written by Matt Bell and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A newly-wed couple escape a busy confusion of their homeland for a distant and almost uninhabited lakeshore. They plan to lead a simple life there, fishing the lake, trapping the nearby woods and building a house upon the dirt between where they can raise a family. But as their every pregnancy fails, the child-obsessed husband begins to rage at this new world: the song-spun objects somehow created by his wife's beautiful singing voice, the giant and sentient bear that rules the beasts of the woods... A powerful exploration of the limits of parenthood and marriage.

The Football Girl

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Publisher : Delacorte Press
ISBN 13 : 0375987142
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (759 download)

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Book Synopsis The Football Girl by : Thatcher Heldring

Download or read book The Football Girl written by Thatcher Heldring and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For every athlete or sports fanatic who knows she's just as good as the guys. This is for fans of The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen, Grace, Gold, and Glory by Gabrielle Douglass and Breakaway: Beyond the Goal by Alex Morgan. The summer before Caleb and Tessa enter high school, friendship has blossomed into a relationship . . . and their playful sports days are coming to an end. Caleb is getting ready to try out for the football team, and Tessa is training for cross-country. But all their structured plans derail in the final flag game when they lose. Tessa doesn’t want to end her career as a loser. She really enjoys playing, and if she’s being honest, she likes it even more than running cross-country. So what if she decided to play football instead? What would happen between her and Caleb? Or between her two best friends, who are counting on her to try out for cross-country with them? And will her parents be upset that she’s decided to take her hobby to the next level? This summer Caleb and Tessa figure out just what it means to be a boyfriend, girlfriend, teammate, best friend, and someone worth cheering for. “A great next choice for readers who have enjoyed Catherine Gilbert Murdock’s Dairy Queen and Miranda Kenneally’s Catching Jordan.”—SLJ “Fast-paced football action, realistic family drama, and sweet romance…[will have] readers looking for girl-powered sports stories…find[ing] plenty to like.”—Booklist “Tessa's ferocious competitiveness is appealing.”—Kirkus Reviews “[The Football Girl] serve[s] to illuminate the appropriately complicated emotions both of a young romance and of pursuing a dream. Heldring writes with insight and restraint.”—The Horn Book

The Summoning

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Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061662690
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (616 download)

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Book Synopsis The Summoning by : Kelley Armstrong

Download or read book The Summoning written by Kelley Armstrong and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My name is Chloe Saunders and my life will never be the same again. All I wanted was to make friends, meet boys, and keep on being ordinary. I don't even know what that means anymore. It all started on the day that I saw my first ghost—and the ghost saw me. Now there are ghosts everywhere and they won't leave me alone. To top it all off, I somehow got myself locked up in Lyle House, a "special home" for troubled teens. Yet the home isn't what it seems. Don't tell anyone, but I think there might be more to my housemates than meets the eye. The question is, whose side are they on? It's up to me to figure out the dangerous secrets behind Lyle House . . . before its skeletons come back to haunt me.

A Sliver of Shadow

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439198349
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Book Synopsis A Sliver of Shadow by : Allison Pang

Download or read book A Sliver of Shadow written by Allison Pang and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-02-28 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed author Pang follows up "A Brush of Darkness" with this gripping fantasy. Original.

Ghost Whisperer: Plague Room

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416594124
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Book Synopsis Ghost Whisperer: Plague Room by : Steven Piziks

Download or read book Ghost Whisperer: Plague Room written by Steven Piziks and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-11-25 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just an ordinary day in Grandview with customers at the Village Java looking for that perfect caffeine fix and lookylous being transformed into buyers by the eclectic assortment of antiques at Same As It Never Was. But there's nothing ordinary about the blur of activity at Jack's Dry Cleaning, where shirts are spinning on the racks and dresses are dancing without their owners. A spirit has taken up residence in the store, and although Melinda Gordon usually can sort out what's keeping a spirit from crossing over, this particular one is frustratingly uncommunicative. After a week of trying, the store owner is convinced that Melinda will never succeed. Then self-acclaimed spiritual consultant Wendy King comes to town, guaranteeing success in moving spirits to the afterlife...for a fee. But Wendy's methodology involves trapping and forcing spirits into the light. And she pays no heed when Melinda tells her that what she is doing is wrong and dangerous. After a young couple inherits the old Ray mansion and asks for help selling the antiques that fill the house, Melinda pushes aside her concerns about Wendy. But the old house holds a terrible secret and a spirit that Melinda cannot budge. The frightened owners turn to Wendy King, who forces the spirit to cross over, despite Melinda's pleadings. But Wendy's actions release an evil, unyielding spirit, one who promises to release a flood of disease and terror on the town, starting with the people closest to the Ghost Whisperer.

When Ghosts Speak

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Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0446409685
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (464 download)

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Book Synopsis When Ghosts Speak by : Mary Ann Winkowski

Download or read book When Ghosts Speak written by Mary Ann Winkowski and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2007-10-22 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the bestselling tradition of Rosemary Altea and John Edwards comes the memoir of Mary Ann Winkowski, the real life "Ghost Whisperer" and consultant on the Top 30 CBS show "Ghost Whisperer" starring Jennifer Love Hewitt. Lights flicker on and off for no good reason. You feel drained and inexplicably irritable. Your four-year-old is scared to enter her bedroom. Tell these things to Mary Ann Winkowski, and she'll tell you that you have a ghost. A happily married, devout Catholic, suburban mother and full-time paranormal investigator, Mary Ann Winkowski has been able to see earthbound spirits, spirits that are trapped on earth and haven't "crossed over," since she was a little girl. Mary Ann works with these spirits to help them make peace with what keeps them here - whether it be people they can't let go of or homes they love. In When Ghosts Speak, Mary Ann will tell the amazing story of growing up with this gift, and will share tips on how to recognize when you're not alone, and what to do if you are in the presence of a ghost.

The Ghost Files 3

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ISBN 13 : 9781680580617
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (86 download)

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Book Synopsis The Ghost Files 3 by : Apryl Baker

Download or read book The Ghost Files 3 written by Apryl Baker and published by . This book was released on 2014-06-09 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One, two, the ghosts are coming for you... Three, four, better salt your door... Five, six, death and hatred mix... Seven, eight, help will come too late... Nine, ten, never reap again... Seventeen year old Mattie Hathaway has enough on her plate without having to deal with the latest teenage ghost drama. The ghosts of eight murdered girls are out for her blood. They blame Mattie for their deaths. She has to figure out what happened to them before they make sure she ends up just like them...dead and angry. Not only that, but she has to face the greatest fear of her young life, the death of the only person she's ever loved. Can she let nature take its course or will she interfere and cause the balance of life and death to spiral out of control? She's out of time, and doesn't know if she should trust Silas, the demon who has taken a very disturbing interest in her, or her father, a man just as evil as Silas. Either way, she has to make a choice. But what will it cost her and those she loves?

The Girl Who Wrote in Silk

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Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1492608343
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (926 download)

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Book Synopsis The Girl Who Wrote in Silk by : Kelli Estes

Download or read book The Girl Who Wrote in Silk written by Kelli Estes and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A USA TODAY BESTSELLER! "A powerful debut that proves the threads that interweave our lives can withstand time and any tide, and bind our hearts forever."—Susanna Kearsley, New York Times bestselling author of Belleweather and The Vanished Days A historical novel inspired by true events, Kelli Estes's brilliant and atmospheric debut is a poignant tale of two women determined to do the right thing, highlighting the power of our own stories. The smallest items can hold centuries of secrets... While exploring her aunt's island estate, Inara Erickson is captivated by an elaborately stitched piece of fabric hidden in the house. The truth behind the silk sleeve dated back to 1886, when Mei Lien, the lone survivor of a cruel purge of the Chinese in Seattle found refuge on Orcas Island and shared her tragic experience by embroidering it. As Inara peels back layer upon layer of the centuries of secrets the sleeve holds, her life becomes interwoven with that of Mei Lein. Through the stories Mei Lein tells in silk, Inara uncovers a tragic truth that will shake her family to its core—and force her to make an impossible choice. Should she bring shame to her family and risk everything by telling the truth, or tell no one and dishonor Mei Lien's memory? A touching and tender book for fans of Marie Benedict, Susanna Kearsley, and Duncan Jepson, The Girl Who Wrote in Silk is a dual-time period novel that explores how a delicate piece of silk interweaves the past and the present, reminding us that today's actions have far reaching implications. Praise for The Girl Who Wrote in Silk: "A beautiful, elegiac novel, as finely and delicately woven as the title suggests. Kelli Estes spins a spellbinding tale that illuminates the past in all its brutality and beauty, and the humanity that binds us all together." —Susan Wiggs, New York Times bestselling author of The Beekeeper's Ball "A touching and tender story about discovering the past to bring peace to the present." —Duncan Jepson, author of All the Flowers in Shanghai "Vibrant and tragic, The Girl Who Wrote in Silk explores a horrific, little-known era in our nation's history. Estes sensitively alternates between Mei Lien, a young Chinese-American girl who lived in the late 1800s, and Inara, a modern recent college grad who sets Mei Lien's story free." —Margaret Dilloway, author of How to Be an American Housewife and Sisters of Heart and Snow

Queen of Shadows

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101442573
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)

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Book Synopsis Queen of Shadows by : Dianne Sylvan

Download or read book Queen of Shadows written by Dianne Sylvan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-08-31 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: View our feature on Dianne Sylvan's Queen of Shadows Meet Miranda Grey—music and magic are in her blood. Overwhelmed by her uncanny ability to manipulate people's emotions through her music, Miranda Grey comes to the attention of vampire lord David Solomon. Believing he can help bring her magic under control, David discovers that Miranda's powers may affect the vampire world too...

Love, Lucas

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1634500032
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (345 download)

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Book Synopsis Love, Lucas by : Chantele Sedgwick

Download or read book Love, Lucas written by Chantele Sedgwick and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 2015 Whitney Award Nominee! A powerful story of loss, second chances, and first love, reminiscent of Sarah Dessen and John Green. When Oakley Nelson loses her older brother, Lucas, to cancer, she thinks she’ll never recover. Between her parents’ arguing and the battle she’s fighting with depression, she feels nothing inside but a hollow emptiness. When Mom suggests they spend a few months in California with Aunt Jo, Oakley isn’t sure a change of scenery will alter anything, but she’s willing to give it a try. In California, Oakley discovers a sort of safety and freedom in Aunt Jo’s beach house. Once they’re settled, Mom hands her a notebook full of letters addressed to her—from Lucas. As Oakley reads one each day, she realizes how much he loved her, and each letter challenges her to be better and to continue to enjoy her life. He wants her to move on. If only it were that easy. But then a surfer named Carson comes into her life, and Oakley is blindsided. He makes her feel again. As she lets him in, she is surprised by how much she cares for him, and that’s when things get complicated. How can she fall in love and be happy when Lucas never got the chance to do those very same things? With her brother’s dying words as guidance, Oakley knows she must learn to listen and trust again. But will she have to leave the past behind to find happiness in the future? Sky Pony Press, with our Good Books, Racehorse and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of books for young readers—picture books for small children, chapter books, books for middle grade readers, and novels for young adults. Our list includes bestsellers for children who love to play Minecraft; stories told with LEGO bricks; books that teach lessons about tolerance, patience, and the environment, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Ghost Whisperer: The Empty Desk

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Publisher : HarperCollins Canada
ISBN 13 : 1443446009
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (434 download)

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Book Synopsis Ghost Whisperer: The Empty Desk by : Steven Lockley

Download or read book Ghost Whisperer: The Empty Desk written by Steven Lockley and published by HarperCollins Canada. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For years a single desk at Grandview Elementary School has sat empty, avoided by every child who passes through its classroom. Across town, a mother waits for a daughter who didn’t return home. And from a distance, a young woman mourns the sister she lost. Only Melinda Gordon can communicate with the spirit of the little girl who occupied the empty desk. Alone and afraid, the child harbours a secret that is stopping her from moving on, and it is up to Melinda to help the child resolve her past and bring closure to those she loved. Based on the hit television series Ghost Whisperer, the new novel The Empty Desk continues the story of Melinda Gordon, a young woman with the extraordinary ability to see and communicate with ghosts, who uses this gift to help spirits cross over into the spirit world.

Ghost Whisperer: Plague Room

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416594124
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Book Synopsis Ghost Whisperer: Plague Room by : Steven Piziks

Download or read book Ghost Whisperer: Plague Room written by Steven Piziks and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-11-25 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just an ordinary day in Grandview with customers at the Village Java looking for that perfect caffeine fix and lookylous being transformed into buyers by the eclectic assortment of antiques at Same As It Never Was. But there's nothing ordinary about the blur of activity at Jack's Dry Cleaning, where shirts are spinning on the racks and dresses are dancing without their owners. A spirit has taken up residence in the store, and although Melinda Gordon usually can sort out what's keeping a spirit from crossing over, this particular one is frustratingly uncommunicative. After a week of trying, the store owner is convinced that Melinda will never succeed. Then self-acclaimed spiritual consultant Wendy King comes to town, guaranteeing success in moving spirits to the afterlife...for a fee. But Wendy's methodology involves trapping and forcing spirits into the light. And she pays no heed when Melinda tells her that what she is doing is wrong and dangerous. After a young couple inherits the old Ray mansion and asks for help selling the antiques that fill the house, Melinda pushes aside her concerns about Wendy. But the old house holds a terrible secret and a spirit that Melinda cannot budge. The frightened owners turn to Wendy King, who forces the spirit to cross over, despite Melinda's pleadings. But Wendy's actions release an evil, unyielding spirit, one who promises to release a flood of disease and terror on the town, starting with the people closest to the Ghost Whisperer.

Wild Life

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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618131570
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (315 download)

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Book Synopsis Wild Life by : Molly Gloss

Download or read book Wild Life written by Molly Gloss and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2001 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlotte Bridger Drummond is a free-thinking, cigar-smoking, trouser-wearing woman who pens popular women's adventure stories on the Northwest frontier in the early 1900s. When a little girl gets lost in the woods, Charlotte anxiously joins the search, where she becomes lost and falls into the company of an elusive band of giants.