Ghosts of Ordinary Objects
Angie Smibert
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· 3 ratings · 252 pages · Published: 20 Mar 2018
In a southern Virginia coal-mining town in 1942, Bone Phillips has just reached the age when most members of her family discover their Gift. Bone has a Gift that disturbs her; she can sense stories when she touches an object that was important to someone. She sees both sad and happy--the death of a deer in an arrowhead, the pain of a beating in a baseball cap, and the sense of joy in a fiddle. There are also stories woven into her dead mama's butter-yellow sweater--stories Bone yearns for and fears. When Bone receives a note that says her mama's Gift is what killed her, Bone tries to uncover the truth. Could Bone's Gift do the same? Here is a beautifully resonant coming-of-age tale about learning to trust the power of your own story.
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- fantasy 4
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- magical realism 2
- paranormal 2
- supernatural 2
- ghosts 2
- law enforcement 2
- family 1
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- middle grade 3
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