Twelve-year-old Calista Wynn will lose her ability to speak with the dead on her thirteenth birthday.And with only a few weeks left, children have started going missing.When Calista meets The Tall Ladyan angry spirit with a grudge against Calista, her family, and the entire townshe knows shes found the ghost responsible for the disappearances.Its up to Calista, the only one who can see The Tall Lady, to stop her. If she doesnt, Calista wont just lose her powers shell lose everyone she has left.
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