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Seeking the Holy Ghost is an uplifting story—funny and suspenseful—about the bonds between friends of different cultures, races, and sex. It features a plot that will appeal to anyone who is interested in a story about friendship, humor, and coming of age. It is a story that is thought provoking and that forces the characters to cross the line between childhood and growing up. One focus of the novel is the specific challenge of cultural divide between the South and the North. Another focus is the unexpected introduction of young people into a world of evil.
Grant, an intelligent seven-year-old from New York City, spends the summer of 1953 with his grandmother in Hopewell, Alabama. He quickly becomes friends with three local children: Tyler, the nine-year-old narrator who can be bossy and a bit of a schemer; Marley Jane, the eight-year-old who is wise beyond her years; Eli, the nine-year-old African-American who questions everything.
There is a definite culture disconnect between Grant and his new friends, especially when the local children begin to discuss ghosts and the Holy Ghost. Tyler, Marley Jane, and Eli come to the conclusion that it is their Christian duty to introduce Grant to the Holy Ghost, which leads to more than they bargained for or expected. In spite of their differences, nothing interferes with their ability to do chores together, share opinions about life and grownups, swim and fish in Osanippa Creek, or witness a murder that forces them to deal with the forces of evil.
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Shirley A. Aaron is a retired Alabama English teacher and a Georgia media specialist, with forty-two years of experience in education. She didn’t attend college until her son and daughter were born. Teaching allowed her to present to her students important values through literature. She has published a book of poetry, DROPS OF LIGHT, and has recently completed a second novel, SWEET TEA WITH LEMON, which deals with friendship, cancer, and drug addiction.
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