Trace Carter has gone to live with his Auntie Lea in New York after the death of his parents. She lives in a brownstone, listens to music that matches whatever she has for supper, gave Trace her artist studio, and has no clue how to be a parent. Too much wine with dinner one night, Trace doesn’t share what his parents would have thought about that.
Trace hasn’t made any real friends yet at his new high school, but he is hoping that will change when he is assigned to create a workgroup for SS the 1860’s decade of America.
Trace sees a boy lost in the basement of the Public Library. When he tries to report it, he finds out he was downstairs illegally and misses his hookup with the study group.
Tracing his own history, trace discovers the boy is a ghost. Trace was in the car when his parents went over the bridge. Someone’s arms grabbed him and pulled him clear from the car even though the windows were all closed.
Great middle school and older ghost story read.
Reviewed by Jeri Fitzpatrick, GNG Middle School, Gray