Deetjen's Closet

<p><strong>...a fascinating original supernatural twist to historical facts adding real-world substance with coastal travel highlights a grade-schooler's relatable issues and a touch of romance and mystery from the distant past.</strong>-<strong><em>Kirkus Reviews</em></strong></p><p></p><p><strong>There's never been a trip up California's Highway One...filled with such adventure. An overnight stop at the real Deetjen's Inn in Big Sur uncovers a series of supernatural encounters with an amazing cast of historical characters-and in the end it all seems quite natural!</strong> -<strong>Dan Krieger</strong> <em>Professor Emeritus of History Calif. Polytechnic Univ. and</em><strong><em> Liz Krieger</em></strong><em> Retired County Librarian</em></p><p></p><p>It's bad enough being the new kid in class but Sara's secret belief in magic is about to go viral all over school thanks to the Terrible Twins.</p><p></p><p>How on earth can she prove magic exists? And fast!</p><p></p><p>Help comes from some ghostly allies she literally stumbles into in a most unexpected place. Hidden deep in an old hotel closet Sara discovers Silas (an abandoned Civil War coat). He introduces her to six ghosts of clothes worn by real-life people in history whose stories the clothes are eager to tell.</p><p></p><p>But that's not all they have to share. Together the ghost clothes help Sara come up with a plan to save her own skin and even magic itself. It just might work! Now whether Sara has the courage to carry it out...that's another matter. But what really does matter? Being right or being a friend?</p><p></p><p>Deetjen's Closet is a captivating historical fantasy with splashes of magic for readers 8-12. At the end of the book they'll find bonus material from the story-including how to bake fortune cookies tie a Bowline knot and fold a dollar-bill into a heart.</p><h4></h4><h4><strong>Lexile Measure: 660L</strong></h4><p></p>