Elaine Mary Alphin
It's been three years since his mother walked out on him and his father, but 13-year-old Alexander still hopes for her return—and blames his father bitterly for her departure. So when his father packs the two of them up for a week long vacation in North Carolina to visit an attractive widow he met at a conference, Alexander moves into high resentment gear. As if he didn't have enough troubles, Alexander finds himself constantly accompanied by the ghost of a Confederate soldier who needs help finding out what became of his family after the war if he is ever to rest in peace.
