Finding Fortune

By Delia Ray

A runaway discovers secrets in a ghost town that could change everything.

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288 pages· 58,575 words· Est. 6.5 hour read

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Bookroo's summary

Ren, a determined runaway, seeks refuge in the ghost town of Fortune, hoping to escape her mother's choices. In the shadowy halls of an abandoned school, she encounters Mrs. Baxter, a mysterious landlady with a peculiar plan. With Hugh, a quirky ally, Ren unravels secrets that could revive the town and possibly mend her fractured family. Can she uncover the truth before it's too late?

From the publisher

Running away from home isn’t as easy as Ren thinks it will be. At least she isn’t running very far–just a few miles to the ghost town of Fortune . . . or Mis-Fortune as everyone else calls it. Mis-Fortune on the Mississippi. Supposedly, there’s an abandoned school on the outskirts with cheap rooms for rent. Ren knows her plan sounds crazy. But with only a few more weeks until Dad comes home from his tour of duty in Afghanistan, she also knows she has to do something drastic so Mom will come to her senses and stop seeing that creep Rick Littleton for good. From the moment she enters the school’s shadowy halls, Ren finds herself drawn into its secrets. Every night old Mrs. Baxter, the landlady, wanders the building on a mysterious quest. What could she be up to? And can Mrs. Baxter’s outlandish plan to transform the gym into a pearl-button museum ever succeed? With a quirky new friend named Hugh at her side, Ren sets out to solve the mystery that could save Fortune from fading away. But what about her family’s future? Can that be saved too?

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