One for sorrow
Subtitle: a ghost story
By: Mary Downing Hahn
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9780544818095
Subjects: Bullying; World War, 1914-1918; Juvenile fiction; Horror tales; Friendship; Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919
Description: Against the ominous backdrop of the influenza epidemic of 1918, Annie, a new girl at school, is claimed as best friend by Elsie, a classmate who is a tattletale, a liar, and a thief. Soon Annie makes other friends and finds herself joining them in teasing and tormenting Elsie. Elsie dies from influenza, but then she returns to reclaim Annie's friendship and punish all the girls who bullied her. Young readers who revel in spooky stories will relish this chilling tale of a girl haunted by a vengeful ghost.
Notes: 456 Childrens Plus, Inc.