The Ghost of Cutler Creek
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When Allie is contacted by the ghost of a dog, she and Dub investigate the surly new boy at school and his father, who may be running a puppy mill, to see if they are involved.
Cynthia DeFeliceová, autorka mnohých bestsellerov pre mladých čitateľov, nachádza najväčšie potešenie vo vtiahnutí do životov postáv, ktoré tvorí. S poctivosťou sa snaží skúmať svet a vkladá do svojich diel svoje rozprávačské schopnosti, získané z rôznych povolaní, od predavačky kníh po knihovníčku. Jej tvorba oslovuje čitateľov a vyvoláva širokú škálu emócií, od strachu po smiech, a podnecuje k novým myšlienkam. Rozprávačský talent, ktorý sa rozvinul v detstve skrze lásku ku knihám, ju sprevádza celú jej spisovateľskú dráhu.



When Allie is contacted by the ghost of a dog, she and Dub investigate the surly new boy at school and his father, who may be running a puppy mill, to see if they are involved.
When Willie McPhee, the finest bagpipe player in all of Scotland, goes looking for customers who have a wee bit extra to spend on merriment, he finds more than he bargained for. On a cold, wet, miserable night, Willie trips over a tree trunk in the dark. Peering closer, he sees that the fallen tree isn't a tree at all, but a man, a DEAD man, lying stone cold frozen in the snow. "A-A-A-aaaaah!" screams Willie. But then he notices that the body is wearing some fine-looking boots.A poor man is a practical man, and so soon Willie has a shiny new pair of boots. He puts them to good use tricking a stingy farmer -- and then, in a startling twist, the original owner