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Trace

AUTHOR Cummings, Pat
PUBLISHER HarperCollins (04/14/2020)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)

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In a debut novel that's perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and Erin Entrada Kelly, award-winning author/illustrator and educator Pat Cummings tells a poignant story about grief, love, and the untold stories that echo across time.

Trace Carter doesn't know how to feel at ease in his new life in New York. Even though his artsy Auntie Lea is cool, her brownstone still isn't his home. Haunted by flashbacks of the accident that killed his parents, the best he can do is try to distract himself from memories of the past.

But the past isn't done with him. When Trace takes a wrong turn in the New York Public Library, he finds someone else lost in the stacks with him: a crying little boy, wearing old, tattered clothes.

And though at first he can't quite believe he's seen a ghost, Trace soon discovers that the boy he saw has ties to Trace's own history--and that he himself may be the key to setting the dead to rest.

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ISBN-13: 9780062698858
ISBN-10: 0062698850
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 320
Carton Quantity: 56
Product Dimensions: 5.10 x 0.80 x 7.50 inches
Weight: 0.45 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Price on Product, Ikids
Country of Origin: US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Juvenile Fiction | Ghost Stories
Juvenile Fiction | Family - Orphans & Foster Homes
Juvenile Fiction | African American & Black
Grade Level: 3rd Grade - 7th Grade
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.5
Point Value: 9
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Dewey Decimal: FIC
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In a debut novel that's perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and Erin Entrada Kelly, award-winning author/illustrator and educator Pat Cummings tells a poignant story about grief, love, and the untold stories that echo across time.

Trace Carter doesn't know how to feel at ease in his new life in New York. Even though his artsy Auntie Lea is cool, her brownstone still isn't his home. Haunted by flashbacks of the accident that killed his parents, the best he can do is try to distract himself from memories of the past.

But the past isn't done with him. When Trace takes a wrong turn in the New York Public Library, he finds someone else lost in the stacks with him: a crying little boy, wearing old, tattered clothes.

And though at first he can't quite believe he's seen a ghost, Trace soon discovers that the boy he saw has ties to Trace's own history--and that he himself may be the key to setting the dead to rest.

--Booklist
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Author: Cummings, Pat
Pat Cummings was born in Chicago but grew up traveling with her military family all over the world. She has been writing and illustrating children's books since she graduated from Pratt Institute. In addition to her art for the Coretta Scott King Award winner My Mama Needs Me by Mildred Pitts Walter, Pat's luminous work includes Angel Baby; Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon!; and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner Talking With Artists. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband, Chuku Lee, and the ghost of their cat, Cash.
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