Title: The Girl Who Saved Ghosts
Series: The Unbelievables #2
Author: K.C. Tansley
Publisher: Beckett Publishing Group
Publication Date: October 17, 2017
Genres: Mystery, Science Fiction, Young Adult
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Synopsis
She tried to ignore them. Now she might risk everything to save them.
After a summer spent in a haunted castleāa summer in which she
traveled through time to solve a murder mysteryāKat is looking
forward to a totally normalĀ senior year at McTernan Academy. Then
the ghost of a little girl appears and begs Kat for help, and more unquiet
apparitions follow. All of them are terrified by theĀ Dark One, and it
soon becomes clear that that this evil force wants Kat dead.
Searching for help, Kat leaves school for the ancestral home sheās only
just discovered. Her friend Evan, whose family is joined to her own by
an arcane history,Ā accompanies her. With the assistance of her eccentric
great aunts and a loyal family ghost, Kat soon learns that she and
Evan can only fix the present by travelingĀ into the past.
As Kat and Evan make their way through nineteenth-century
Vienna, the Dark One stalks them, and Kat must decide
what sheās willing to sacrifice to save a ghost.
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An Excerpt from
The Girl Who Saved Ghosts
While everyone else rushed off to lunch after class, too many Mountain Dews forced me to duck into the ladiesā room. No matter how quick I was, I was still alone in an old buildingāa ghostās paradise. I was washing my hands at the sink when an artic coldness brushed against my neck. The shadow beside the sink darkened. A ghost was on its way.
Not now. Not here. I grabbed for a paper towel and tried to leave, but it was too late. The shadow began to shimmer and white smoke unfurled from it.
A ghost took form in the middle of the ladiesā room. She was young. Maybe eleven. Fear lurked in her round, moss-green eyes. Two curtains of long, light brown hair hung around her face. Lacy pantalettes peeked out from under a periwinkle dress that was trimmed with white ribbon at the waist and hem. When she had completely materialized, I couldnāt stop staring at the blood smeared across her dress. It stained her cheek and her neck too. Crimson. Like it was fresh.
My heart lurched and I pressed my hand to my chest to stop my heart from leaping out.
In death, ghosts usually held onto the good moments of their existence, choosing to appear to me at the peak of health and happiness. But this one hadnāt. What I was seeing had to be from the worst moment of her life, and she was clinging to it in death. What had happened to her?
I stepped back and bumped into the sink.
āHelp me,ā she pleaded with a lilting Scottish accent.
I gripped the lip of the porcelain sink, letting its coolness seep into my palms. Calm down. You can handle this. I took a deep breath and quickly checked under the stalls. At least, I was alone in here.
āWhat do you need?ā
āI need you to tell the Kingsleys something for me.ā
A message. I could pass along a message. Especially to the Kingsleysāthey were Evanās family. But I had to get the ghost out of here before a classmate walked in and caught me talking to myself in the bathroom. Or worse, if she was a believer, sheād see me talking to a ghost and Iād become the campus freak.
āWhatās the message?ā My words ran together in their rush to be spoken.
āI didnāt kill Percy. I wouldnāt do that.ā Her fingers curled into fists. It seemed like her entire body vibrated at a higher frequency. Her ghost form blurred.
āIāll tell them. Whatās your name?ā
She came back into focus. āEllie. Ellie Harding.ā
āWho killed him, Ellie?ā
Her face scrunched up. āI canāt remember. But I didnāt.ā
The lights flickered.
āIs this your reckoning?ā
She shook her head. āYou have to find out who killed Percy.ā
āPercy who? When did he die?ā
āPercy Kingsley. In 1831.ā She cocked her head to the side, like she was hearing something I couldnāt. Her ghostly form faded in and out. āItās coming after you.ā
āWhat are you talking about?ā
She looked around like it could hear us. āThe Dark One,ā she whispered. āItās coming for you.ā
āWhatās the Dark One?ā
āItās ancient. Pure Darkness.ā She shuddered and blurred again.
āWhy is it coming after me?ā
āYou upset the balance for the unbelievables this summer when you changed the past.ā
āIs that why the ghosts are rushing to get their reckonings from me?ā
She looked too solemn for a child. āThey donāt think you will survive the Dark One.ā
āWhat do I do?ā My pulse fluttered in my wrist like a captured moth.
Her lips parted in surprise. Fear. āI have to go.ā
As she faded away, I lost my balance and slid to the floor. Leaning my head back against the wall tiles, I looked up at the fluorescent lights.
Senior year was not going to be anything like Morgan and I had imagined.
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About the Author
K.C. Tansley lives with her warrior lapdog, Emerson, and two quirkyĀ golden retrievers on a hill somewhere in Connecticut. She tends toĀ believe in theĀ unbelievablesāspells, ghosts, time travelāand writesĀ about them.
Never one to say no to a road trip, sheās climbed the Great WallĀ twice, hopped on the Sound of Music tour in Salzburg, and danced theĀ night away in the dunes ofĀ Cape Hatteras. She loves the ocean and hatesĀ the sun, which makes for interesting beach days. The Girl Who IgnoredĀ Ghosts is her award-winning and bestsellingĀ first novel in TheĀ Unbelievables series.
As Kourtney Heintz, she also writes award winning cross-genre fiction for adults.
You can find out more about her at: http://kctansley.com
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Great excerpt. Thanks for sharing. I’ve already got this book on my wish list. It sounds like a good fit for me.
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