The Flower

About the Book

Do you believe in ghosts? If you were to look up the word ghost in Webster’s Dictionary, you would find that the word ghost, is the spirit of a dead person seen as a pale and shadowy form.  The latter is not the case with Connie Pruitt a forth grader who is thought of as a well-adjusted and outstanding student by her teacher.

But the events that take place after Connie befriends a little girl named Katie on the playground of her school will cast a shadow of a doubt on Connie’s credibility as being a normal child.  Little Katie keeps appearing outside of Connie’s classroom window making Connie disrupt her class with her laughing and funny antics which baffles her best girlfriend Christy and her Teacher Mrs. Martin along with her classmates.   Her peculiar behavior on the playground warrants an investigation by her teacher and Mr. Sansone, Principal of her school, after which Katie takes Connie and the schools Staff on a journey into the realm of the Supernatural!

About the Author

About the Author: Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. After taking a writer’s course, began writing stories for children and teenagers. A play for teens published in 1985 and a series of stories and articles, and a poem followed. Retired and moving from Justice, Illinois in 1995, now lives in New Port Richey, Florida with his wife Hedi and their son Richard Jr. Other books include: “Samantha and the Christmas Spirit” “The Mystery of Playland Park” And “The Rembrandt’s of Junior High” Published by Xlibris Corp. Cover design for “The Flower” by Richard K. De Paola Jr.