title: The Spirit of Catherine
author: Miranda Hall
description: Miranda Hall lives in Saint Louis, Missouri with her family. This is her first novel, written between the ages of twelve and thirteen. Now, at eighteen,
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  Chapter One
  
  
  
  
  
  _“You have to stop it, Kylie. You have to. Or this will happen to someone_
  
  
  _you love.”_
  
  
  The spirit’s ominous words flowed from behind Kylie Galen and
  
  
  mingled with the crackle and pop of the huge bonfire about fifty feet to
  
  
  her right. The frigid pocket of air announced the spirit’s presence loud
  
  
  and clear, even if the words were only for Kylie’s ears and not for the
  
  
  thirty other Shadow Falls campers standing in the ceremonial circle.
  
  
  Miranda stood by Kylie in the people chain, completely unaware of the
  
  
  ghost, and gripped Kylie’s hand tighter. “This is so cool,” Miranda
  
  
  muttered, and looked across the circle at Della.
  
  
  Miranda and Della were not only Kylie’s closest friends, but also her
  
  
  cabin mates.
  
  
  “We give thanks for this offering.” Chris, or Christopher as he referred
  
  
  to himself tonight, stood in the middle of the circle and raised the sacred
  
  
  goblet up to the dark sky as he blessed its contents.
  
  
  _“You have to stop it,”_ the spirit w