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Here's a story in the best American folk tradition. It combines a ghost, a hidden treasure, and an appealing young character who sets out to make his fortune, and does so by courage, kindness and the sort of innocence that invariably succeeds in folk literature. Thomas is the youngest of seven children. His parents work from sunup to sundown on their little back-country farm, but earn barely enough to keep food on the table. Thomas goes out into the world to help remedy the situation and, along the way, shows kindness to a stranger. The stranger rewards him by leading him to a house in which a treasure is hidden, but guarded by a fearsome ghost.
Through San Souci's gently scary words and Pinkney's wonderfully atmospheric illustrations, Thomas outwits the ghost and wins the day -- and the treasure.
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The Boy and the Ghost
October 1999, Tandem Library
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Boy and the Ghost
April 1998, Center for Applied Research in Education
Paperback
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0876283334 9780876283332
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The Boy & the Ghost
December 1990, Silver Burdett Press
Hardcover
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0663562333 9780663562336
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The boy and the ghost
1989, Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers
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0671671766 9780671671761
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"Down south, there was once a boy named Thomas whose family was very poor."
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March 16, 2022 | Edited by JeneeWhitney | merge authors |
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