Ghost Dancer

Ghost Dancer
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Publisher : Leviathan Books
Total Pages : 280
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ISBN-10 : 1938394593
ISBN-13 : 9781938394591
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Ghost Dancer by : Alan Kessler

Download or read book Ghost Dancer written by Alan Kessler and published by Leviathan Books. This book was released on 2021-07-10 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Age 9, Eleanor Wilson sneaks out of her parents' marble mansion and among the grave houses in an Indian cemetery plays with the faceless doll she made from wood and corn silk. Twilight shadows gather around her. She runs home.Her mother is waiting."An Indian without a face. It's hideous." Constance Wilson takes the doll and burns it.That night in her bedroom, Eleanor watches the doll, shriveled by fire, materialize out of the darkness."Cry for your mother," it tells her. Eleanor is chosen.Nine years later, 1958, lonely, insecure, controlled by the rigid rules of her parents, she enters the realm of spirits and when discovering the secret about herself learns how she can save a dying world.


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