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THE GIRL WHO WOULD SPEAK FOR THE DEAD By: Paul Elwork
The innocence of childhood, the unknowns of adulthood, and the search for forgiveness . . .
Putnam
April 2011
On Sale: March 31, 2011
Featuring: Emily Stewart
320 pages ISBN: 0399157174 EAN: 9780399157172 Kindle: B00475ARS4 Hardcover / e-Book
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Emily Stewart is the girl who claims to stand between the living and the dead. During the quiet summer of 1925, she and her brother, Michael, are 13-year-old twinsβprivileged, precocious, wandering aimlessly around their familyβs estate. One day, Emily discovers she can secretly crack her ankle in such a way that a sound appears to burst through the stillness of midair. Knock, knock . . . Emily and Michael gather the neighborhood children to fool them with these βspirit knockings.β Soon, however, this game of contacting the dead creeps into a world of adults still reeling from World War I. When the twins find themselves dabbling in the uncertain territory of human grief and family secretsβknock, knockβeverything spins wildly out of control.
 Media BuzzMorning Edition - December 9, 2011
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