Children's mystery writer, Jan Pierson aka Calamity Jan,
raised three kids, authored five juvenile mysteries (The
Carson Kids, Tyndale House Publishers, 1979-88) then went to
college. After getting her BA in Psychology, Jan taught
writing with The Institute of Children's Literature.
But a new adventure began to lure Calamity Jan away from the
academics and back into the fray. Kicking up the dust and
rubble in ghost towns of the western United States set the
stage for her return to writing. When Jan walked into Bodie, a
town once known as the wildest mining camp in California's
history, she was hooked.
The words "Goodbye God, I'm going to Bodie," penned in a young
girl's diary, became a California legend and the title for the
first book in her GHOSTOWNER mystery series for middle grade
readers.
The Ghost of Nighthawk and Shadow of Shaniko followed in the
dust.
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"Goodbye God, I'm Going to
Bodie!"
When
author Jan Pierson found the picture of the unknown girl
from the Bodie Museum, and a tombstone of an eleven
year-old girl in the Bodie cemetery, "Anna" came to life.
The words "Goodbye God, I'm going to Bodie," were actually
found in a young girl's diary and have since become a
legend.
"I believe that Anna Louise
Lockmoor will have a powerful influence on young readers
as her strong and enduring spirit emerges through the
words in her diary," says author Calamity Jan. "The
unknown girl of Bodie will remind us of those like her,
who, despite hardships, quietly made history and deserve
to be remembered."
Meggie, Paige, and a kid
named Johnny Downing set out to discover Anna's secrets,
but the Ghostowners end up with a whole lot more than they
bargain for.
Goodbye God, I'm Going to
Bodie is now available through author Calamity Jan (aka
Jan Pierson). If you're going to visit Bodie State Park,
you'll find Calamity Jan's book for sale at the Bodie
Museum. This book is dedicated to Bodie State Historic
Park, the best preserved ghost town in the western United
States.
Illustrated by
Kathy Campbell
Photography by Jan Pierson
112 pages
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Ghost of
Nighthawk
The freaky ghost appears to
live on the second floor of the old hotel in Nighthawk, and
Meggie wouldn't be caught dead up there if her best friend
didn't need her help. Paige is trapped in an abandoned well,
and Meggie must make a rope from the ragged curtains hanging
in the windows and rescue her.
In the frantic process, a
curtain rod collapses on Meggie's head. Stunned, Meggie picks
up a crumpled note that falls out of the rusty old rod and
finds the clue they believe will lead them to the treasure. In
a race against time, Meggie and Paige follow the clues that
lead to the legendary **Haggerty gold, clues
that send them wandering through Nighthawk and the
Similikameen River Valley.
But why are the
pain-in-the-neck kid, Jay Paul Leeberg, and an old man named
Julian Cooksey following them? When they find themselves
trapped in the Nighthawk Mine, they learn the shocking truth
about the gold, the Ghost of Nighthawk, and the old man. In a
surprising episode, old Julian Cooksey finds his missing
daughter, a child whose message had been hidden in the curtain
rod forty years before.
Discovering the clue--and then
uncovering Cassie's treasure--leads the Ghostowners and the
old man to something far more valuable than gold. It changes
all of their lives forever.
**The actual James
Haggerty, involved in a shady mine transaction and scandal,
asked to be buried at Nighthawk. Locals still search for his
grave.
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Photography by Jan Pierson
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Shadow of
Shaniko
The ghost town of Shaniko,
Oregon wasn't supposed to be dangerous, but the howling going
on in the old Shaniko School night after night tells Meggie
and Paige otherwise. A ghost? They are terrified when
threatening messages begin appearing on the chalk board in the
school, warning them to leave.
In this fast-paced mystery, the
Ghostowners find themselves being stalked by the shadow,
trapped in Shaniko's huge wool barn--a warehouse once known as
the biggest wool barn in the world. Teaming up with Gabe
Stackpole, a Native American runaway from the Warm Springs
Reservation, the truth begins to emerge from the shadows.
Caught between the ghost, the
Bushtn, and the feared **Whipman, they realize they may have
walked into a trap. The terrible howling returns as the truth
creeps out of the Shadow of Shaniko.
An important multicultural
message about color and diversity weaves its way through this
fast-paced mystery in a natural and heartwarming way. And
there's also an important message for young people caught up
in the conflict of a broken home.
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Photography by Jan Pierson
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The Haunted Horse of Gold Hill
The
Haunted Horse of Gold Hill revolves around an orphaned
wild mustang colt and the plight of the endangered wild horses
of the Virginia Range near Virginia City/Gold Hill, Nevada.
Why is the mysterious colt circling the tombstone on the
outskirts of Gold Hill? What haunts this small, wild horse
that has been sighted in the hills for over a hundred years?
Twelve-year-old Paige, and her best friend, Meggie, are
determined to find out, but a teenage drifter named Brooks
involves them in an even more perilous web of high-stakes
danger and intrigue. This work of historical fiction found
its heart and inspiration on a tombstone near Gold Hill when,
on Christmas Eve in 1871, two brothers, John and Henry Jones,
hurried out into a wild Sierra Nevada blizzard to search for
their missing horse. Three days later their father found them
on the mountain, their horse standing over them. This
fast-paced mystery, brimming with danger and plenty of Nevada
legends, takes the readers on a wild ride back into the hills
of the Comstock mines near Virginia City and Gold Hill to a
lonely tombstone that holds the key to unraveling this
mystery.
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Photography by Jan Pierson
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