Ghost of a Chance (21 page)
Authors: Lauren Barnholdt
But the warmth envelops me as soon as I walk in.
I stand there for a moment, just watching my mom, thinking about how much I really do look like her.
And then, after a second, I walk forward, into my future, ready for whatever it holds.
LAUREN BARNHOLDT
is the author of
Girl Meets Ghost, The Harder the Fall, Fake Me a Match, Rules for Secret Keeping, The Secret Identity of Devon Delaney, Devon Delaney Should Totally Know Better, Four Truths and a Lie, and the teen books Two-way Street, Watch Me, One Night That Changes Everything, Sometimes It Happens, The Thing About the Truth,
and
Right of Way
. She spends most of her time reading, writing, and watching reality TV. Visit her website and say hello at
www.laurenbarnholdt.com
.
Ghostly Secrets + Real-Life Problems = Great Reads
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Girl Meets Ghost
Book 1:
Girl Meets Ghost
Book 2:
The Harder the Fall
Fake Me a Match
Rules for Secret Keeping
The Secret Identity of Devon Delaney
Devon Delaney Should Totally Know Better
Four Truths and a Lie
This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author's imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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First Aladdin hardcover edition April 2014
Text copyright © 2014 by Lauren Barnholdt
Jacket illustration copyright © 2014 by Mary Lynn Blasutta
Series design by Lisa Vega
Jacket design by Jeanine Henderson
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The text of this book was set in Minion.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Barnholdt, Lauren.
Ghost of a chance / by Lauren Barnholdt. â First Aladdin hardcover edition.
p. cm. â (Girl meets ghost; #3)
Summary: After learning that she can see ghosts, twelve-year-old Kendall's disbelieving boyfriend breaks up with her.
ISBN 978-1-4424-4248-1
[1. GhostsâFiction. 2. Psychic abilityâFiction. 3. Dating (Social customs)âFiction.]
I. Title.
PZ7.B2667Gh 2014
[Fic]âdc23
2013025497
ISBN 978-1-4424-2151-6 (eBook)