Guest adds to the interest of this historical milestone by adding a subplot about Ailish O'Connor, a stowaway aboard the Great Eastern, and then Guest adds an extra twist of the supernatural kind.Īilish O'Connor and her father provide for themselves by offering Ailish's fortunetelling abilities to customers. The award-winning author Jacqueline Guest has written another captivating book, Ghost Messages, an historical fiction story about the laying of the transatlantic telegraph cable from Ireland to Newfoundland in 1865. "Please save me!" she shouted back into the dark face of the storm, knowing there was no one there. To Ailish's desperate ears, it sounded like Davy's voice calling out, a lamentation by her graveside. But all she heard was the storm's unceasing wail. "Help! Down here on the paddlewheel!" she yelled, then listened intently, hopelessly, for an answering cry. Great Eastern (Steamship)-Juvenile fiction.
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