Sylvie never called them ghosts, but that\'s what they were-not that George ever saw them herself.
When George stands up for Sylvie, beating back Tommy Payne and his gang of thugs, it brings her close to the ethereal stranger; though not as close.
George watches her drift around the edge of the school playing fields, guided by inaudible voices.
The new girl, Sylvie, is like a creature from another time, with her old-fashioned leather satchel, her white cotton gloves and her head in the clouds.
Sylvie never called them ghosts, but that\'s what they were-not that George ever saw them herself