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Beverly Stowe McClure

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    Beverly Stowe McClure is a native Texan. She lives in the country, outside of Iowa Park, with her husband, Jack, and a cat named Sugar, who isn't really sweet. She has three sons, four granddaughters and two grandsons. She also has a great-grandson. (She married very young.)

She earned a BSEd from Midwestern State University. Her first book, Secrets I Have Kept, was published as an ebook in 2000 by Bookmice. Her stories and articles have appeared in leading children's magazines.

Beverly is a member of both the North Texas and the national Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. She is currently working on two historical novels for children, as well as a couple of picture books.

She co-teaches a women's Sunday School class. To relax she plays the piano and tries to make flowers grow under the hot Texas sun and with little water. And she's discovered many interesting ancestors in her genealogy research.

TTB title: Listen to the Ghost

 

 

Books

    News! Beverly is pleased to announce a new release.

      Listen to the Ghost     a YA paranormal.

    Listen to the Ghost

    Twilight Times Books
    Available now!

All sixteen-year-old Jade Dalton wants to do is show her paintings at Charleston's annual Piccolo Spoleto Festival, swim in the ocean, and forget her ex-boyfriend and his lying lips. So how does she end up with a mischievous ghost who doesn't want to be a ghost, a tall, gorgeous musician who changes her opinion about guys, and a one hundred-year-old neighbor who talks in riddles?

Listen to the Ghost is the story of a girl's quest to discover the truth not only about her ghost but about herself, as well. The story is set in Charleston, South Carolina, where, according to legend, many old houses have a resident ghost. The story combines mystery, a villain, a sibling relationship, and a touch of romance to appeal to the teenage reader.

 

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Reviews

Jade and David Dalton are house-sitting their grandparents' Victorian mansion in Charleston, South Carolina. Two of their friends keep them company. The big house still seems a little empty until an ancestral ghost with a freakish sense of humor assails it. Modern teenagers don't believe in ghosts, at least not easily. However, a barrage of flying vegetables — "The olives are attacking!" — changes their minds at last.

Ghostly Phoebe died on her wedding day, the victim of a spurned lover who refused to take no for an answer. She is doomed to haunt the house forever unless the wedding rings of herself and her groom are reunited once more.

The teens barely adapt to their quest when a frightening parallel surfaces. Jade's ex-boyfriend has pursued her all the way from Texas, just to recapture her heart. When flowers and chocolates don't soften her, his methods become more direct. Soon, she's watching out her windows to avoid her stalker. Will the present- day love triangle turn out as Phoebe's did? Will the mansion soon be haunted by two ghosts instead of one?

"Listen to the Ghost" entrapped me with its light flow and its frolicsome ghost. After all, if a real live ghost is lobbing hamburger patties until all the kids cower under the table, how scary can it be? I was quite surprised when menace trickled into my mind, and shivers ran up the back of my neck. The double story line is most effective. The two threads intertwine, raising the tension stakes with each twist of the story.

If you want dripping blood and mangled body parts, you'll miss the boat here. However, if you're after a good story with a few deeper meanings and stomach churnings, you'll like "Listen to the Ghost". Ms. McClure has written a winner.

Reviewed by Jeanette Cottrell, author of "There's No Such Thing!" for eBook Reviews Weekly.

 

  Author News

Listen to the Ghost is a finalist in the Dream Realm Awards for the Young Adult category.

 

 

 

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ball Visit Twilight Times Books and check out the freebies page.

ball  Twilight Times - a digital journal of speculative fiction, poetry, artwork and articles

 

 

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