Beschreibung:
The year is 1843 and everyone is preparing for RalphWaldo Emerson's 40th birthday party. A short historicalfiction tale for young readers, Goodnight Mr. Ripleyfollows fictional young Mary through the Old Mansein Concord, MA as she encounters landmark historicalfigures such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry DavidThoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and numerousmembers of the Ripley family. Dealing with thethemes of working together, overcoming fear, and thesupernatural, this story takes children on an adventurewhile teaching them about an important time period inAmerican history.