Ray, Delia Ghost Girl, 253 pages. Clarion Books, 2003. $6.99. Language:G (0 swears, 0 “f”); Mature Content: G; violence: G; the year is 1929 in Madison County, Virginia.
11-year-old Alice is thrilled to hear that the president and his wife are opening a school nearby! This may be her first, and only, chance to learn to read and write, ever! But her family is in poverty, her mom can barely function with the accidental death of her little brother Riley, and her dad is always away at any job he can get his hands on, trying to survive. If Alice can go to school and get help from Miss Vest, the school teacher, maybe thing will get better.
In this book you learn what life was like in the mountains during the 1920’s, how an illiterate town can learn to read, and the best part is, you can actually go and visit the school up in Virginia where Miss Vest taught!
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