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DeStefano, Lauren

The Peculiar Night of the Blue Heart

195 pp. | Bloomsbury | September, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-1-61963-643-9 $16.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-61963-644-6
(3) 4-6 Nine-year-old orphans Marybeth, "a very normal girl," and wild Lionel, more animal-like than boy, share a bond. When a blue, glowing creature saves Marybeth from drowning and inhabits her body, slowly taking away the real Marybeth, Lionel must channel his humanness in order to save her. Suspense builds as a mystery of decades-old violence at a nearby farm unfolds. A taut, haunting ghost story.
Reviewer: Nancy Sheridan

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