"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"--OCLC.
year: 2021, 2022
call number/section: 1000
subjects: bereavement, juvenile fiction, communicable diseases, emotional problems of children, fear, stepfathers, fiction, emotional problems, grief, supernatural, emotionally disturbed children, new york (n.y.), history, 1898-1951, juvenile fiction, north brother island (n.y.), fiction, anxiety, 20th century, ghost stories, historical fiction
Editions
Kramer, J. Kasper
Atheneum Books for Young Readers (2021)
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.
Schools: 23
Kramer, J. Kasper
Atheneum Books for Young Readers (2022)
"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"--OCLC.
Schools: 3