Book Information
- Series: Lorimer Streetlights
- Imprint: James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
- Publication Date: 15 May 2008
- Copyright Year: 2008
- ISBN: 9781552770139
- Page Count: 104
- Dimensions: 5" x 7.75"
- Interest ages: 6-10
- Reading level: Grade 3
Purchasing Information
Digital (ePub)
9781459403857
$12.99 CAD
Alison’s Ghosts
by Mary Alice Downie and John Downie
Alison is held captive by the powers of a mysterious pipe bowl belonging to a Mi"kmaq shaman. The bowl takes her back in time where she forms friendships with troubled ghosts. She must uncover the history of the pipe before she is consumed by the grim fate of the pipe's beholders.
Alison is held captive by the powers of a mysterious pipe bowl belonging to a Mi"kmaq shaman. The bowl takes her back in time where she forms friendships with troubled ghosts who need her help. She must uncover the history of the pipe, and she must do it quickly, before she too is consumed by the grim fate of the pipe's beholders.
[Fry Reading Level - 3.7
About the Authors

Mary Alice Downie
Mary Alice Downie is a pioneering children's author of historical fiction, folktales and picture books, and is the co-editor of the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon award-winning book The Wind Has Wings. Mary Alice and husband John Downie also co-authored Honour Bound and Danger in Disguise. They live in Kingston, Ontario.
John Downie lives in Kingston, Ontario. He is co-author with his wife Mary Alice, of Honor Bound and Danger in Disguise
John Downie lives in Kingston, Ontario. He is co-author with his wife Mary Alice, of Honor Bound and Danger in Disguise
Awards
Canadian Childrens's Book Centre "Best Books for Kids & Teens"
2009
Subjects (BISAC)
JUVENILE FICTION / Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island, JUVENILE FICTION / Mysteries & Detective Stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Places / Canada, JUVENILE FICTION / Visionary & Metaphysical
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