Allie Nichols has hardly laid the last spirit to rest when she\'s sure that another one is trying to reach her.
Cutler--until she discovers a connection between L.
J., the ghost, and Hoover..
She\'s delighted to spend time with Hoover, but she hardly looks forward to visiting L.
J. over the summer.
Henry, a teacher she loves, asks Allie to dog-sit Hoover, his golden retriever, while he\'s away and to befriend L.
J.
Then Mr.
She wants nothing to do with him.
Cutler would start a new school at the end of the year, or why he\'s such a surly kid.
Allie doesn\'t understand why L.
J.
At the same time, a strange boy joins her sixth-grade class.
But how can Allie help a Ghost who won\'t speak? All she has to go on is a sound--a sort of whine--and a smell.
Allie Nichols has hardly laid the last spirit to rest when she\'s sure that another one is trying to reach her