{"product_id":"ophies-ghosts-9780062915849","title":"Ophie's Ghosts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2001 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eDread Nation\u003c\/em\u003e makes her middle grade debut with a sweeping tale of the ghosts of our past that won't stay buried, starring an unforgettable girl named Ophie.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOphelia Harrison used to live in a small house in the Georgia countryside. But that was before the night in November 1922, and the cruel act that took her home and her father from her. Which was the same night that Ophie learned she can see ghosts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Ophie and her mother are living in Pittsburgh with relatives they barely know. In the hopes of earning enough money to get their own place, Mama has gotten Ophie a job as a maid in the same old manor house where she works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaffodil Manor, like the wealthy Caruthers family who owns it, is haunted by memories and prejudices of the past--and, as Ophie discovers, ghosts as well. Ghosts who have their own loves and hatreds and desires, ghosts who have wronged others and ghosts who have themselves been wronged. And as Ophie forms a friendship with one spirit whose life ended suddenly and unjustly, she wonders if she might be able to help--even as she comes to realize that Daffodil Manor may hold more secrets than she bargained for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIreland, Justina:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJustina Ireland\u003c\/strong\u003e is the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author of \u003cem\u003eDread Nation \u003c\/em\u003eand its sequel, \u003cem\u003eDeathless Divide\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as \u003cem\u003eVengeance Bound \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003ePromise of Shadows\u003c\/em\u003e. She is also one of the authors creating the next generation of Star Wars novels entitled the High Republic and is the author of the middle grade Star Wars adventures \u003cem\u003eLando's Luck, Spark the Resistance\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eA Test of Courage. \u003c\/em\u003eShe lives with her family in Maryland, where she enjoys dark chocolate and dark humor and is not too proud to admit that she's still afraid of the dark. You can visit her online at www.justinaireland.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Balzer \u0026 Bray\/Harperteen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50606228504850,"sku":"9780062915849","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_44f8eaa7-0b80-4aaa-9722-22cac4584142.jpg?v=1732290739","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ophies-ghosts-9780062915849","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}