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The Ghost of Fossil Glen gripping ghost story and murder mystery by a popular and highly regarded author.

Allie Nichols knows she's being pursued by a ghost. But her friend Karen calls her a liar and doesn't want to hear "stuff like that." It is Allie's old pal Dub who…

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1 author picked The Ghost of Fossil Glen as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

A mysterious death, a dangerous rocky cliff overlooking a glen, and a restless spirit equal…an unsolved murder? Young Allie Nichols knows she’s being pursued by a ghost, awake and in her dreams, but it’s going to take old friends and lots of courage to stop the haunting, or she may meet her ghost’s fate!

This is also an unforgettable ghost story from my childhood that I highly, wholeheartedly, recommend. 

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