Christina's Ghost by Betty Ren Wright, 105 pages
Christina's vision of a wonderful summer spent on her grandmother's farm is dashed to pieces and instead she's forced into a delapitated house with her grumpy Uncle Ralph. Turns out the house is haunted by a timid little boy... and something angry in the attic.
The thing I enjoyed most about this book was the fact Uncle Ralph eventually believes Christina, to the point that he actively helps Christina to investigate the ghost. In so many of Wright's other books (I am thinking specifically of The Dollhouse Murders and The Ghost of Mercy Manor) where the adults completely ignored it and/or punished the children for lying. I still feel the sting of those accusations that rankled my much younger self.
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