The Ghost of Sandy Creek

About the Book

The Ghost of Sandy Creek is a fictional adventure story of two girls becoming friends as they try to solve a mystery. It wasn’t easy for Shelly to be transplanted from her busy life in New York with her famous mother to the country in the middle of Nebraska. She was going to have to spend the summer with her dad, who she hardly knew. She knew that her summer would be terribly boring. As soon as she arrived, she met Zeta, the neighbor and together they set out to find the truth about the legend of the ghost of Sandy Creek. Shelly and Zeta share their many adventures while trying to settle the questions of the legend. Is there really a ghost? Was there ever one? What did the flute music mean? Did the ghost stalk the river now?

About the Author

Claudia (Henry, Schmidt) Liess was born in Araphoe, Nebraska the third of seven children. She entertained the younger children by telling stories and reading to them. After graduation from High School at Fairbury, Nebraska, Claudia married a gentle, loving farmer. They lived northwest of Bartley, Nebraska for thirty four years. Life was good. They raised their four children, two buys and two girls, on the farm. Because of Bob’s poor health, they moved into town. They shared two more years of marriage. Claudia drew and painted pictures and wrote stories to keep herself occupied while she cared for her husband. She has had six books published. In 2003 Claudia married Gale Liess, a kind, generous, local farmer and they have been happily married for ten years. They feel very blessed. Now rather than four grandchildren, she has twenty nine grandchildren. So as you may guess, her story telling days are not over.