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    The Forgotten Girl
    The Forgotten Girl
    The Forgotten Girl
    Audiobook4 hours

    The Forgotten Girl

    Written by India Hill Brown

    Narrated by Imani Parks

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    About this audiobook

    A spooky, original ghost story with fantastic characters, chilling scenes — and a timely and important storyline about reclaiming an abandoned segregated cemetery.

    "Do you know what it feels like to be forgotten?"

    On a cold winter night, Iris and her best friend, Daniel, sneak into a clearing in the woods to play in the freshly fallen snow. There, Iris carefully makes a perfect snow angel — only to find the crumbling gravestone of a young girl, Avery Moore, right beneath her. Immediately, strange things start to happen to Iris: She begins having vivid nightmares. She wakes up to find her bedroom window wide open, letting in the snow. She thinks she sees the shadow of a girl lurking in the woods. And she feels the pull of the abandoned grave, calling her back to the clearing....

    Obsessed with figuring out what's going on, Iris and Daniel start to research the area for a school project. They discover that Avery's grave is actually part of a neglected and forgotten Black cemetery, dating back to a time when White and Black people were kept separate in life — and in death. As Iris and Daniel learn more about their town's past, they become determined to restore Avery's grave and finally have proper respect paid to Avery and the others buried there. But they have awakened a jealous and demanding ghost, one that's not satisfied with their plans for getting recognition. One that is searching for a best friend forever — no matter what the cost.

    The Forgotten Girl is both a spooky original ghost story and a timely and important storyline about reclaiming an abandoned segregated cemetery.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherScholastic
    Release dateNov 5, 2019
    ISBN9781338567724
    The Forgotten Girl
    Author

    India Hill Brown

    India Hill Brown is the author of the NAACP Image Award–nominated middle grade novel The Forgotten Girl and The Girl in the Lake. She graduated from Claflin University with a bachelor’s degree in mass communications with a concentration in print journalism. She lives in Elgin, SC, with her husband and two sons. Rhythm & Muse is her first young adult novel. Visit India online at indiahillbrown.com. 

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    • 5/5
      Very good ghost story that also tells about the segregation in this country not too long ago. This is an excellent book for children and adults of any color.
    • 4/5
      Good middle grade ghost story. This has enough spookiness to give you chills, but also talks about segregation in the South.