The Pike River Phantom is a novella written by Betty Ren Wright. It was first published in 1988.
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Why does the ghost hate Rachel so much?
Charlie and his cousin Rachel are having trouble getting along. Everyone thinks she's perfect, including Rachel! She's even going to be the Sunbonnet Queen in the town's big parade.
No one thinks Charlie's perfect.
So when Charlie tells Rachel about the strange woman he saw in the abandoned house down by the Pike River, Rachel doesn't believe him at first. But she's making a mistake, a big mistake.
Because the woman Charlie saw is really a ghost, and she's coming to get Rachel--now!