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The Ghosts of Lone Jack

3 Ratings: 4.3

A book by Lance Lee Noel

This very well written story gives young readers a sense of the anguish that the men who fought at Lone Jack, and so many other battles across the country, felt during this very dark period in our nation's history. But more importantly, it gives … see full wiki

Tags: Books, Fiction, Ghost Stories, Young Adult Historical Fiction

Author: Lance Lee Noel

Genre: Teens

Publisher: Spinning Moon Press

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review by kfontenot. December 13, 2009

Where Is The Key?

A popular belief among paranormal researchers is that spirits will often haunt the place where they met an untimely and/or a violent death. Many will supposedly hang around in an attempt to tend to unfinished business. Author Lance Lee Noel utilizes this in "The Ghosts of Lone Jack." While spending the summer at his grandfather's farm, young Jared Millhouse and his friends find themselves face to face with ghosts from one of the bloodiest battles in American Civil War history … more

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review by TheAncientReader. November 26, 2009

A VERY NICELY DONE ACTION MYSTRY GHOST STORY FOR THE YOUNG AND NOT SO YOUNG

It is quite pleasing to read a book aimed at youth readership which has a bit of everything in it and is able to hook the reader on the first page. This remarkable story opens as Jared Millhouse, a young lad who spends the summers with his widowed father and grandfather on the family farm in Lone Jack, Missouri, is playing in a very important baseball game. Unfortunately Jared is by far the worse player on the team and as he misses a game winning fly ball hit to his right field position, he encounters … more

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review by amoslassen. October 27, 2009

Feeling the Pain of the Civil War

Noel, Lance Lee. "The Ghosts of Lone Jack", Spinning Moon Press, 2009. Feeling the Pain Amos Lassen The American Civil War was one of the most painful periods in American history. In this educational and entertaining book we get a sense of what the men who fought felt and we also get a peek at our heritage and a need to keep the past fulfilled. Jared Millhouse and his dad went to spend the summer … more

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