The Ghost Belonged to Me by Richard Peck is a short novel about a boy named Alexander Armsworth who lives in Bluff City, Louisiana in 1913. Alexander is a normal 13-year-old boy, living a normal life, until one day he is informed by one of his classmates that her mother can see ghosts and has “seen” one in Alexander’s family shed. This turns out to be the ghost of a young girl (Inez Dumaine) and her dog Trixie. Alexander becomes a local hero after Inez warns him of an accident about to happen, and he prevents it happening. Alexander decides to help Inez by uncovering the truth about her death and bringing her body back to where her parents are buried in New Orleans. Her ghost is laid to rest at that point.
In this Book, I admire Alexander.
In this Book, I admire Alexander.