About Speak to Me by Ben Raterman
A small town with a haunted history. Living in a clapped-out trailer park with a second shift mother and her abusive boyfriend, Justine and Joseph hope their 3rd-great-grandmother, Nonna Jannie, will bail them out. Jannie worked for a wealthy woman who mysteriously disappeared, along with her collection of jewelry. But according to Jannie, the woman’s jewelry, including Jannie’s, remained hidden in the cellar. With the help of Katy, a friendly librarian, the siblings find the house where there Nonna Jannie worked, and break in. What they discover is not the sought-after jewels, but a skeleton.
Intrigued, Katy researches the background and times of Nonna Jannie and her mistress. With friends, she searches the house for the lost jewelry and the truth behind the buried skeleton.
Together, Justine and Katy discover more than they set out for. It is as if Nonna Jannie has reached into the present to influence the future.
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Author Bio:
Ben Raterman lives in Virginia and writes overlooking a creek that bounces over large rocks and slides into a lazy river. Born in Hawaii, then moving to Virginia, he later traveled with his family to India, where his high school studies mixed with a clash of cultures bubbling up a desire to write. After graduating from the University of Notre Dame, he spent time in the Peace Corps. His work experience includes tire changer, Good Humor man (dodging irate moms and spoiled kids), remodeler of fallen down houses, new-house builder, systems engineer, river watcher and builder of wheelchair ramps.