Cemetery Kids Ghosts of Bird Island

by Jacqueline DeGroot

Eight kids, dead for over a hundred years, finally get a young woman to listen to their story and help them seek justice for the lives they lost to violence. For years they have tried to contact people living in the house in front of their family graveyard, but being inept with their unproven powers, they only managed to scare each person away. But this one doesn’t scare easily.

Piper loves this little house she’s moved into, it’s perfect for her. So despite being furious at the mysterious events ruining her first night in her new home, she stays. She sees the antics of the clumsy, bungling, and awkward child ghosts as endearing. Once she understands their story, she accepts their challenges and uses their insights to rescue children all over Brunswick County. It’s not long before the little family worms its way into her heart and changes how she feels about family, commitment, and ghosts.

Drew, a sheriff’s deputy, was wildly attracted to Piper when they’d first met several years ago, he is even more smitten with her now, seeing how kindhearted and caring she is while doing one of her “rescues.” He is beginning to entertain thoughts of settling down, and as the song advises, “Put a ring on it,” when he realizes she comes with a ready-made family that includes eight ghosts.

118 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

Jacqueline DeGroot lives at Sunset Beach, NC with her husband Bill. She has two grown sons, one in New York and one living locally, and her daughter Kimberly lives in Wilmington. She stays active in her small beach community, especially in Sea Trail Plantation where she’s lived for almost 15 years. She loves to ride bikes with her friends, cook elaborate dinners, decorate lavish cakes, do aerobics and take long walks on the beach. Her love for the Brunswick Islands is apparent in all her books and she’s very happy to live in a place where so many wonderful people continue encouraging her to write.

Reviews

[Pam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good book for YA and adults alike. Short @ 93 pages.