Tournament of Time

By Elaine Alphin
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Published: March 20, 2011
Words: 39,820 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781610612609

Short description

A mystery by Edgar Award winner Elaine Marie Alphin. When Jess's family moves to York, homesick Jess runs away from school and discovers the spirits of the murdered "Princes in the Tower" imprisoned in stained glass windows. Desperate to escape, the spirits enter into Jess and her brothers, begging to be taken home. But the murderer's spirit has other more sinister plans for Jess and her friends.

Extended description

Jessica Cooper and her two brothers aren't happy about leaving their friends behind for a year when their father accepts a lectureship at the University of York in England. Their worst fears are realized when their new English classmates resent the American Invasion.
Homesick and outraged, Jess feels herself drawn to a tiny church in York where she discovers the spirits of the murdered "Princes in the Tower," imprisoned in stained glass windows. The two Princes and their cousin Neddy are desperate to escape - so desperate that they reach out to Jess and her brothers, first in friendship, then in demand.
Frightened, the only way Jess can think of to escape the spirits is to solve the murder mystery. But their killer has kept his secret for over five hundred years, and is not about to be found out. Accidents happen to Jess and her brothers, dangerously paralleling the deaths of the spirits in the windows. The danger builds to a climax where Jess must confront the spirits of the murder .. (Read more) Jessica Cooper and her two brothers aren't happy about leaving their friends behind for a year when their father accepts a lectureship at the University of York in England. Their worst fears are realized when their new English classmates resent the American Invasion.
Homesick and outraged, Jess feels herself drawn to a tiny church in York where she discovers the spirits of the murdered "Princes in the Tower," imprisoned in stained glass windows. The two Princes and their cousin Neddy are desperate to escape - so desperate that they reach out to Jess and her brothers, first in friendship, then in demand.
Frightened, the only way Jess can think of to escape the spirits is to solve the murder mystery. But their killer has kept his secret for over five hundred years, and is not about to be found out. Accidents happen to Jess and her brothers, dangerously paralleling the deaths of the spirits in the windows. The danger builds to a climax where Jess must confront the spirits of the murder suspects to determine the truth.

A ghostly history mystery by Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award winning writer, Elaine Marie Alphin, author of Ghost Cadet and Ghost Soldier.
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richard iii, childrens mystery, mystery and ghost stories, henry tudor, children 9 to 12, children fantasy fiction, history mystery, ghost story 1485, the princes in the tower

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