Eleven-year-old Jillie Ross escapes the vicious relatives threatening to flush away her beloved sister's ashes if she doesn't lead them to her dead father's rumored treasure. Determined to find her sibling's ashes and honor them along with their parents' remains, the feisty orphan must endure harsh
Jillie
✍ Scribed by Balla, Olive
- Publisher
- The Wild Rose Press
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 143 KB
- Edition
- First Mainstream mystery rose edition
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- Adams Basin, NY
- ISBN
- 1509225579
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
Eleven-year-old Jillie Ross escapes the vicious relatives threatening to flush away her beloved sister's ashes if she doesn't lead them to her dead father's rumored treasure. Determined to find her sibling's ashes and honor them along with their parents' remains, the feisty orphan must endure harsh weather, escape a stalker, and hide from the police. But how long can she survive when at least one family member wants her dead?
✦ Subjects
Abused children -- Fiction
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