The List of Unspeakable Fears / J. Kasper Kramer.
by Kramer, J. Kasper [author.].
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BookPublisher: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2021]Edition: First edition.Description: pages cm.ISBN: 9781534480742.Subject(s): Fear -- Fiction | Emotional problems -- Fiction | Grief -- Fiction | Supernatural -- Fiction | Stepfathers -- Fiction | Communicable diseases -- Fiction | North Brother Island (N.Y.) -- Fiction | New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951 -- FictionDDC classification: [Fic] Summary: In 1910 New York City, four years after her Irish immigrant father dies of tuberculosis, ten-year-old Essie's fear and anxiety continue to grow uncontrollably, so much that when her mother, a brave nurse, remarries and the family moves to North Brother Island, where Essie's new stepfather runs a quarantine hospital for the incurably sick, Essie imagines all manner of horrors, including the ghost of a little girl--which might not be imaginary after all.
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In 1910 New York City, four years after her Irish immigrant father dies of tuberculosis, ten-year-old Essie's fear and anxiety continue to grow uncontrollably, so much that when her mother, a brave nurse, remarries and the family moves to North Brother Island, where Essie's new stepfather runs a quarantine hospital for the incurably sick, Essie imagines all manner of horrors, including the ghost of a little girl--which might not be imaginary after all.
Ages 8 to 12 . Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
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