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Miss Ghost

Ruth M. Arthur

1979119 pagesabout 2–3 hours
1979
first published
  • 1979Atheneum · 119 pages · ENGISBN 9780689307027
  • 1979Gollancz · 121 pages · ENGISBN 9780575026513

A foster child who has been rejected by her mother and has lost her father and grandfather, Elphie's life is filled with rejection. When she is sent to a home for troubled children, she is determined to keep her distance from everyone, until she meets Miss Ghost who has had problems not unlike her own.

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