young mother and her little daughter, the bloody TB suffered by the little girl, and the despair of the mother left alone at such a young age. Then one night as Jack slipped into sleep, he felt the slightest of pressures on his bed followed by a faint caress across his shoulders, a caress like a mother’s, but it was not his mother. “Jack screamed. A small, thin woman, face as pale as a white candle, was draped across his bed. Her arm was extended tenderly toward him.” Jack lunged for the door ... struggling to find air ... the Ghost Mother....
Subject Headings & Major Themes: Asthma Death England Ghosts
Extrasensory Perception (ESP)
Grief
Single-Parent Families
Awards & Reviews: Grade 4-8 - Asthmatic Jack and his recently widowed mother move into an old farmhouse, but they aren’t alone. The spirits of four children also inhabit it, but only Jack can see and hear them. Those spirits aren’t alone, either. A Ghost Mother rules the roost and has enslaved the ghost children. And now she is after Jack. However, he has a second sight that might help him save the souls