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Ghost Girl: A Blue Ridge Mountain Story

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The book was awesome! Its about a girl named April who want to go to school but her mom wont let here because her brother died and they need more help around the house. April lies to her family about how here brother died. On Christmas Eve Aprils grandma (Auntie Birdy) talks to her mom about going to school. Her mom finally says yes. She is in school for a while when Poke and Dewy gets into a fight. April tries to move away but somehow she gets thrown into a tree and breaks her arm. Ms. Vest, the teacher, has Dewy go tell her mom that she broke her arm and she is staying the night with her. In the morning her mom comes and gets her and wont let here come back to school. A few months pass by and her dad comes home with a lot of chestnutsso they have a roast and invite people to come over. Ms. Vest comes and at first April tries to ignore her. Then tords the end they bump into each other. So April takes her to her room and the start talking, then April tells Ms. Vest what really happened to Riely. Ms. Vest promised not to tell anyone, but, Aprils mom had been listening to them the whole time and blamed April for Rielys death. So April had to go live with Ms. Vest. Two years passed and no sign of her mom or dad. Ms. Vest and April go to Washington to see the Priesdent and to get her arm fixed cuz it still bothered her, she finds out that Aunt Birdy is sick and so April moves in with her to take care of her. To find out the rest read the book bcuz it is really, really good!!!

After her brothers death, April Sloane's mother pays less and less attention to her and mopes around the house. When President Hoover decides to build a school for the kids in the mountains April is excited but her mother does not want her to go. With the help of Aunt Birdy (aprils grandmother) and Christine Vest, the teacher of the new school, April's mother gives in and allows her to go. Even when she has to face harsh problems in the next year, she doesnt give up. But when Aunt Birdy turns ill April has to do something...now im not going to ruin the surprise but i have to say this is a great book!!!!!!

I know this book was not written for women in their 70's, but I enjoyed it just as much as if I'd been 12 again! Not only is it an absorbing story, it is a snapshot of the real history of that period and what life was like then.

Library historical fiction project The book I read was Ghost Girl, written by Delia Ray. It is historical fiction. The time it took place was when there was many mountain ridge children that wanted to go to school, but there parents would not let them, thinking that they would slake on home chores. Almost all these children did not have a relative with an education at all. Ghost Girl is a story about a girl named April that has been living a sad and awful life ever since her brother died. Her mother refuses to ever even speak her brother ' s name. The very first schoolhouse in the little town in the mountains, were April lives, is being built. Everybody in the town except for about five has never been educated. April has just turned 11 and has never been to school. Her mother hardly ever speaks to April without it being in a mean tone, so going to school is out of the question. When April meets the teacher of the school one day she is determined to go to school and so is her Aunt Birdy. She is finally aloud to go to school but soon her new incredible life comes crashing down. Whether April can redeem herself or not you have to read and find out! I thought the book was EXCELLENT! It had great description and wonderful events that wanted you to read on. It definitely suggest this book for sixth graders on up. I highly recommend it for middle school students and some elementary students.

A great story! Quick fun read but the images stay with you. I read this book not long after it was published and it is still with me 2 years later. I highly recommend it.

The author has written a book that makes the main character think aloud and talk to the reader in such a way that the reader becomes a loyal friend of her, of April. I felt like it was my own young granddaughter talking to me, but in a different age and a different place. Emphasis on the importance and process of learning to read, with the encouragement of a good teacher, is accomplished in a very interesting and practical way. Indeed, April's first learned word was "bungalow," as she tried to find a house her bereaved mother would like. Including the Appalachian setting where President Hoover visits as a retreat and meets April, as well as his controversial plans for a national park there, further guarantees this book an exciting read for every age.

I'm Braden and I'm nine years old and my favorite book from third grade was Ghost Girl A Blue Ridge Mountain Story.
It's about a girl named Amy and her brother Riley who passed away. Now President Hoover built a schoolhouse and Amy goes there. At recess Dewey and Poke got in a fight and Dewey fell into Amy and Amy fell and broke her arm. Then her mom got mad and came and got her from her teacher's house. Now you have to read the rest.
This was an excellent book. It was excellent because I felt like I was in the story. And the author used lots of excitement. I liked the way the characters talked, and that's why I liked the book.

I first read the book after my husband picked it up at the library. He placed it at my chair and said, "You will like this book". Growing up near the Blueridge Mountains, I grew to admire the Mountain people and their struggle to make a living high up on the mountains. The author did an outstanding job researching the material. She gave life to a fiction preteen girl that never had one easy day of living. April is burdened by a dark secret that will alter her life for the better.

I'm Braden and I'm nine years old and my favorite book from third grade was Ghost Girl A Blue Ridge Mountain Story.
It's about a girl named Amy and her brother Riley who passed away. Now President Hoover built a schoolhouse and Amy goes there. At recess Dewey and Poke got in a fight and Dewey fell into Amy and Amy fell and broke her arm. Then her mom got mad and came and got her from her teacher's house. Now you have to read the rest.
This was an excellent book. It was excellent because I felt like I was in the story. And the author used lots of excitement. I liked the way the characters talked, and that's why I liked the book.