It makes a good read aloud with some great slapstick comedy and not a little historical information. He sees and eventually talks to the ghost of a young Creole girl from the Civil War era who is haunting the barn. She warns him of an impending trolley car wreck and thus makes him a hero. His mother is appalled, but Blossom is delighted. It is Miles who knows the secret story behind the ghost whose body must be first dug up and then laid to rest.
Characters There are wonderful and memorable characters here.
She insists on being in on everything especially if there's a profit to be made. She charges admission to the barn although she has no right to do so and conducts tours there in the daytime. She stows away on the train bringing the bones of Inez Dumaine to New Orleans and outwits the villains with little difficulty. She is not even thrown by life in New Orleans, fitting in perfectly in a fine gown at a fancy dinner party, even using the correct spoons. Another wonderful character is Uncle Miles.