J. Kasper Kramer

In 1910 New York City, four years after her Irish immigrant father dies of tuberculosis, ten-year-old Essie's fear and anxiety continue to grow uncontrollably, so much that when her mother, a brave nurse, remarries and the family moves to North Brother Island, where Essie's new stepfather runs a quarantine hospital for the incurably sick, Essie imagines all manner of horrors, including the ghost of a little girl--which might not be imaginary after...

In quiet Roswell, aeronautics-obsessed Dorothy lives with her brother on a rural ranch, and when her downed weather balloon sparks rumors of a crashed flying saucer, she sets out to discover the truth and soon realizes there is more at play than she realized.