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The Pike River Phantom

Why does the ghost hate Rachel so much?

Charlie and his cousin Rachel are having trouble getting along. Everyone thinks she's perfect, including Rachel! She's even going to be the Sunbonnet Queen in the town's big parade.

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No one thinks Charlie's perfect.

So when Charlie tells Rachel about the strange woman he saw in the abandoned house down by the Pike River, Rachel doesn't believe him at first. But she's making a mistake, a bigmistake.

Because the woman Charlie saw is really a ghost, and she's coming to get Rachel—now!

Genre
horrorghost
Setting
1980s
Audience
childrensyoung adult
Length
short · 153 pages

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