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When Ali, her baby cousin Emma, and their aunt Dulcie travel to Maine, a local girl named Sissy quickly draws Emma’s attention. Sissy speaks of a girl called Teresa, who drowned years ago when Ali’s mother Claire and Dulcie were children, and whose body was never recovered. Initially, Ali dismisses Sissy’s warnings as intimidation, but as the truth behind Teresa’s fate surfaces, Ali realizes that the ghostly mystery threatens her family and forces her to confront the past.
The story explores family relationships, the bond between mother and daughter, and the chilling legends of ghost stories that linger in rural Maine.
First publish date: 2007
Genre: Horror/Supernatural Horror
Authors: Mary Downing Hahn
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