Ghosts I Have Been - Softcover

Peck, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0812423194 ISBN 13: 9780812423198

Publisher: PERFECTION LEARNING CORP, 2001

Synopsis

Blossom Culp is the outspoken outcast of Bluff City, always getting into trouble. No one wants to cross her, especially now that she's revealed that she can see the Unseen. Then Blossom herself is stunned, because her lie turns out to be truth. She actually does have second sight . . . and she is on board the sinking Titanic.

About this title

Review:

"First-class...an outrageous sequence of events charmed together with skillful wordwork." --Booklist, starred review

About the Author:

Born in Decatur, IIlinois, Richard Peck has written over 18 novels for young readers. He is the winner of the 1990 Margaret A. Edwards Award, a prestigious award sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services Association of the American Library Association in cooperation with School Library Journal; the 1990 National Council of Teachers of English/ALAN Award for outstanding contributions to young adult literature; and the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe Award.

Peck says, "I want to write novels that ask honest questions about serious issues. A novel is never an answer; it's always a question." In The Last Safe Place on Earth, Peck deals with the serious issue of censorship, and young readers will have many questions long after the close the book.

About this edition

• Publisher: PERFECTION LEARNING CORP
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0812423194
• ISBN 13: 9780812423198
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 214