Davia is afraid of many things death ghosts unfamiliar places and thepossible return of her moms cancer. But she can?t avoid these fears now. Farfrom their Mich... » 

Davia is afraid of many things death ghosts unfamiliar places and thepossible return of her moms cancer. But she can?t avoid these fears now. Farfrom their Michigan home Davia and her parents are temporarily living inLouisiana to assist with the inhome hospice care of her elderly Great AuntMari. Everything about the old woman and her spookylooking plantation hometerrifies Davia. And when she encounters Emilie the tortured ghost of a welltodo adolescent girl from the nineteenth century she is even more frightened.To her surprise Emilie seems eager to have Davia for a friend but the ghostis unpredictable and difficult. Gradually Davia begins to learn secrets aboutEmilie and her own familys past from Aunt Mari?stories of premature endingsand regrets. As Aunt Maris health deteriorates she and Davia become closer.Together they hope to release Emilies spirit from the mansion and the worldof the living. «