The Boy in Blue is a YA novella set at the Old Stone Barracks, an historically important building on Plattsburgh Air Force Base in Plattsburgh, NY. In the summer of 1969, ten-year-old Claire Sweeney thinks she has just met a ghost there, an older boy dressed in the Civil War uniform of the Union Army, who claims to have died from his battle wounds in 1862. How can this even be happening? And what does this mysterious, spectral soldier form the past want from Claire?
This is a short work of fiction about the power of faith and of prayer, and about a merciful God who exists out of time and is not bound by its limits. (Targeted at readers of middle school age and up.)
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Laura H. Pearl Joined: Jun-17-2019 |
Laura H. Pearl has been married to her high school sweetheart since 1980, and with him she raised five now grown and married sons. Pearl is the author of two award-winning Catholic novels, Finding Grace (Bezalel Books, 2012) and Erin's Ring (Bezalel Books, 2014). Finding Grace was the recipient of the Catholic Writers Guild Seal of Approval, and Erin's Ring earned two Book Awards from the Catholic Press Association in 2015 (2nd Place in Children’s Books and Books For Teens; 3rd Place in Catholic Novels).
Pearl published My Little ABC Book (an illustrated children's book) at Bookemon in 2019, as a gift for her beloved grandchildren. Subsequent books published at Bookemon now include: Marguerite's Diary, a sequel to Erin's Ring; an updated 2nd Edition of Erin's Ring; a second children's picture book, titled Grammy's Animals A to Z; and The Boy in Blue, a short work of YA fiction.
Pearl has 23 grandchildren (and counting!). She writes for them!
