Lingering Echoes

Angie Smibert

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Boyds Mills Press
12 March 2019

Adventure stories (Children's&YA); Historical fiction (Children's&YA)

Series: Ghosts of Ordinary Objects

Twelve-year-old Bone uses her Gift, which allows her to see the stories in everyday objects, to try to figure out why her best friend, Will Kincaid, suddenly lost his voice at age five.

This supernatural historical mystery is the second title in the acclaimed and emotionally resonant Ghosts of Ordinary Objects series.

Twelve-year-old Bone uses her Gift, which allows her to see the stories in everyday objects, to try to figure out why her best friend, Will Kincaid, suddenly lost his voice at age five. This supernatural historical mystery is the second title in the acclaimed and emotionally resonant Ghosts of Ordinary Objects series.

In a southern Virginia coal-mining town in October 1942, Bone Phillips is learning to control her Gift- Bone can see the history of a significant object when she touches it. When her best friend, Will Kincaid, asks Bone to ""read"" the history of his daddy's jelly jar--the jelly jar that was buried alongside his father during the mine cave-in that killed him--Bone is afraid. Even before Bone touches it, she can feel that the jar has its own strange power. With her mother dead, her father gone to war, and Aunt Mattie's assault looming over Bone, she can't bear the idea of losing Will too. As Will's obsession with the jelly jar becomes dangerous, Bone struggles to understand the truth behind the jar and save him Featuring a beautiful, compelling voice, this novel weaves a story of mystery, family, and ultimately, love.

By: Angie Smibert
Imprint: Boyds Mills Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 140mm,
Weight: 567g
ISBN: 9781629798516
ISBN 10: 1629798517
Series: Ghosts of Ordinary Objects
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 12 March 2019
Recommended Age: From 10 to 14 years
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Angie Smibert is the author of The Ghosts of Ordinary Objects series and the Memento Nora series, which Booklist called ""a gift for both reluctant and regular readers,"" as well as numerous nonfiction books for children, and many short stories for both adults and teens. She grew up in Blacksburg, Virginia, where her mother's family once worked in the long-closed coal mines along the New River, and currently lives in Roanoke, Virginia.

Reviews for Lingering Echoes

The second installment of Smibert's Ghosts of Ordinary Objects series (Bone's Gift, 2018) finds Bone continuing to wrestle with the possibilities and limitations of her powers...an evocative presentation of time and place...(f)ans of the first book will...enjoy returning to Bone's world. - Booklist

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