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The Key to Extraordinary by Natalie Lloyd

Episode Summary

Twelve-year old orphan Emma Casey lives by a haunted graveyard in her Tennessee town, giving tours, and helping her brother and Granny Blue with the family bakery, and waiting for the destiny dream of her ancestors--but when it comes it shows her only a key, and she finds that she must solve a ghostly mystery that has haunted her town for generations.

Episode Notes

Enjoy our presentation of The Key to Extraordinary written by Natalie Lloyd and published by Scholastic Press. Twelve-year old orphan Emma Casey lives by a haunted graveyard in her Tennessee town, giving tours, and helping her brother and Granny Blue with the family bakery, and waiting for the destiny dream of her ancestors--but when it comes it shows her only a key, and she finds that she must solve a ghostly mystery that has haunted her town for generations.

The Key to Extraordinary was a Junior Library Guild Selection and was named to the Bank Street College of Education Best Books of 2017.

The Key to Extraordinary is recommended for ages 10. Please see Kirkus for more information and reviews. https://bit.ly/KeytoExtra_Review 

This title is available as an audiobook on Hoopla.

Hoopla Audiobook - https://bit.ly/KeytoExtra_HooplaAudio

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Music: Dub the Uke (excerpt) by Kara Square (c) copyright 2016. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/mindmapthat/53340