This historical fiction book is set in Ontario, around the Barrie area. The lead character is an interesting youngster getting ready to transition from high-school to a career as a furniture maker. He falls in love with the new girl, and romance ensues. She has a gift in that she senses spirits. They find an old African Methodist church and witness the spirits, then they know some heinous crime was committed to a Haitian woman many years before. She walks the pathway wailing for her deceased husband. She was a healer but was accused of being a witch.
It is a romance and a mystery with a social justice theme.
I really enjoyed the reading, which is at about a grade 8 level, and very well done. Bell builds the mystery carefully so that I was intrigued, as I learned about the Black history in southern Ontario, and the injustices done to the African community.
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