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Middle-grade historical fantasy with splashes of magic.

Message from the Publisher:

Deetjen’s Closet is the debut book in the middle-grade series Sara and the Ghost Clothes. Each stand-alone book brings new true stories of historical characters, wrapped in magical adventures and challenges for Sara.

Genres: Children’s Books, Kids, Tweens, Fantasy, Historical Fiction

Word Count: 49,000

Advance Reviewers:

“We all need to follow Alice’s White Rabbit if we are seeking the joy of discovery. Sara does just that. There’s never been a trip up California’s Highway One from Morro Bay to Watsonville 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. What a way to learn history!” —Liz Krieger, Retired Children’s Librarian & Dan Krieger, Professor of History Emeritus at Cal Poly, SLO; author and columnist on California History

Synopsis:

ONE girl’s desperate quest to find magic.

TWO troublemakers determined to ruin her life.

TEN historic ghosts with bizarre stories and offers of help.

A HUNDRED different ways it could all go wrong. Or right.

Being the new kid in fourth grade is bad enough. But when the Terrible Twins discover Sara’s secret belief in magic, they vow to tell everybody at school after winter break—"What a baby! Everybody stopped believing in magic, like, when we were five, you dork.” Sara only has nine days to prove magic exists before her secret goes viral and her life crumbles into total humiliation.

She discovers unusual allies in a dark closet at rustic Deetjen’s Big Sur Inn—ghosts of clothes who are eager to tell the true stories of the real historical people who wore them. But that’s not all. They come up with a clever and selfless plan to help her—and save magic itself. But does Sara have the courage to carry it out?