Ghost Letters by Stephen Alter When two modern-day kids discover a grotesque secret in an abandoned mailbox, they have no idea they are about to be drawn into a mystery that began on the other side of the world. Through the help of an English genie and a phantom postman, the two children begin to communicate with a young calligrapher’s apprentice who lived 125 years ago in a small, Himalayan village. Writing back and forth, across continents and centuries, the three children eventually realize the possibility of changing history by delivering three letters that were never received.
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This is another one I had trouble finishing. It is hard to stick with at the beginning as the story jumps around from chapter to chapter and you really don't know what is going on. I did like the ending though. I would give it 2 1/2**.
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This is another one I had trouble finishing. It is hard to stick with at the beginning as the story jumps around from chapter to chapter and you really don't know what is going on. I did like the ending though. I would give it 2 1/2**.
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