Peg Kehret Wins in Grades 3-5 for
The Ghost's Grave!
Book summary: Twelve-year-old Josh is stuck in Carbon City, Washington with his eccentricgreat-aunt while his mom and step-dad go to India for the summer. To keep himself busy since there is no television, DVDs or CDs, Josh goes for long bike rides past a haunted tree house and old cemetery. Josh eventually meets the ghost of the coal miner who died in 1903 in a mining accident. Unfortunately, the coal miner’s leg was buried separately from his body and his mission over these long years was to find a kind person who would dig up his leg and rebury it with the rest of him. When Josh exhumes the leg, he also finds a box of cash! This fast-paced, spooky, but humorous adventure will delight many readers. (Grades 4-7)