The Backyard Ghost

About the Book

Seventh-grade Eleanor desperately attempts to break into the popular crowd at her new school, but her efforts are complicated by her discovery of a Civil War ghost in her backyard. The ghost, a young bugler named Joseph, is vanishing because the development in Eleanor’s new subdivision is cutting his connections to the past. With the help of egghead Charlie and eccentric Rachel, can Eleanor save Joseph while finding the friendship she craves?

About the Author

Lynn Cullen lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband and three children. By reading the historical markers in her neighborhood, she found that Civil War soldiers may indeed have marched through her own backyard.