Whispers from the Dead (1989)

by Joan Lowery Nixon

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Not one of the best from the author. It started off strong with the main character describing a near death experience and afterwards she became sensitive to the afterlife, hearing a ghost in her house. But the story quickly fizzled after that and became very boring and predictable. (

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1989

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Sarah Darnell

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Houston, Texas, USA

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Iowa Teen Award Nominee (1991-1992)

NE Golden Sower Award (Young Adult Award Winner, 1993)

Wyoming Soaring Eagle Award (1996)

Wyoming Soaring Eagle Nominee (1996|Winner 1996)

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For my aunt Genevieve Meyer with love

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Because the things that happened to me were so strange, I know that some people will find them hard to believe.

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Only Sarah senses the horror.

The minute she steps through the doorway of her family's new home, Sarah feels a smothering cold mist, and hears the echo of a scream and a heartbreaking whisper in Spanish, "Help me!"

Sarah feels compelled to find out who is trying to reach her. But can she uncover the mysteries of the past before terror strikes again?

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After making contact with the spirit world during a near-death experience, Sarah moves to Houston with her parents and receives otherworldly messages about a murder committed in her house.