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Ghost Cadet

by Elaine Marie Alphin · 1991

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Twelve-year-old Benjy, in Virginia visiting the grandmother he has never met, meets the ghost of a Virginia Military Institute cadet who was killed in the Battle of New Market in 1864 and helps him recover his family's treasured gold watch.

Genre
American Civil WarAmerican Civil WarMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thisghostghostMore like thisLess of thisparanormalparanormalMore like thisLess of this
Themes
childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of this
Setting
civil warcivil warMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrensyoung adultmiddle grade
Length
short · 192 pages

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