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It's supposed to be a summer getaway at her relatives' plantation in Nashville but Phoebe quickly discovers that her cousin Baxter is desperate to find a treasure hidden during the Civil War and his sister Rachel's relationship with her boyfriend is on the rocks. Underneath it all is a plantation that hasn't put its past to rest, and the aftermath of a deadly tornado is about to reveal the truth.

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BRONZE MEDAL WINNER in the 2020/2021 Reader Views Literary Awards The Haunting of Cedar Hill Plantation is a mystery full of ghost stories and buried treasures. The story is fun to read and kept me interested to find out what would happen next. It's full of surprises and historical information about the Civil War that isn't boring. Like the first book, 'Eight Days in DUMBO', there is a lot of action and adventure in this book that I think would be liked by both boys and girls. Reviewed by Maddie (age 13) for Reader View Kids The Haunting of Cedar Hill Plantation was an interesting story that gives some background on the American Civil War without being set in that time period. It has the potential to pique the interest of historical fiction and ghost story fans alike, and its fast pace and short chapters make for a novel that is neither heavy nor daunting. Recommended. CM: Canadian Review of Materials

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Margaret J. McMaster published her first book of middle-grade fiction, Carried Away on Licorice Days, in 2008. It was nominated for three literary awards: the Canadian Library Association's Book of the Year for Children Award, the 2010/2011 Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award, and the 2011 Rocky Mountain Book Award. In 2009 she started writing the Babysitter Out of Control! series. These amusing, fast-paced adventures include: Babysitter Out of Control!, Looking for Love on Mongo Tongo, The Improbable Party on Purple Plum Lane, What Happened in July, The Sinking of the Wiley Bean, and, The Queen of Second Chances. The Complete Babysitter Out of Control! Series, published in 2015, was long-listed for the 2016 Silver Birch Award, was a Best Books for Kids & Teens selection, and won the GOLD MEDAL in the 2015 Moonbeam Children's Book Award, Early Reader/1st Chapter Books category. McMaster is a past contributor to the Canadian Children's Annual and her creative non-fiction piece, After All These Years, was shortlisted for the 2006 CBC Literary Award. So Much Potential, a novel set in the Lake Erie fishing industry, was published in 2013. It was a Best Book for Kids & Teens *Starred* Selection. The first book in her Phoebe Sproule series, 8 Days in DUMBO, was named one of *The Year's Best* by Resource Links and won an Honourable Mention in the 2019/2020 Reader Views Literary Awards. The sequel, The Haunting of Cedar Hill Plantation, was released in 2020 and won a Bronze Medal in the Reader Views Literary Awards. In 2022 she published a collection of adult short fiction called, The Exact Likeness of Living Persons, which won a Silver Medal in the 2022/2023 Reader Views Literary Awards.

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