The Disappearance of Sara Oglethorpe: A 15-Minute Ghost Story, Educational Version

By Caitlind L. Alexander

Sara Oglethorpe’s father was a drunk. When he drank he got mean, and Sara hated him for it.
Then one night the neighbors heard a huge fight coming from the Oglethorpe house. The next day Sara wasn’t in school. On Sunday she never made it to church.

Find out what happened to Sarah and her father in this creepy tale.
Educational Versions Include exercises designed to meet Common Core Standards.
Ages 9 and up.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: LearningIsland.com
• Release date: Jan 16, 2014
• ISBN: 9781311558039

Caitlind L. Alexander

Caitlind Alexander is the author of over 60 books for children, including the Jamie and Kendall Broderick Mystery series, the 14 Fun Facts and 101 Fun Facts series, the Wonderful World of Animals Series, and the Miss Jones series.She lives in California where she loves to visit historic places and learn about new things. She also loves to travel and has been all over the world.

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THE DISAPPEARANCE OF

SARA OGLETHORPE

A Scary 15-Minute Ghost Story for Brave Souls

By Caitlind L. Alexander

A LearningIsland.com

15-Minute Ghost Story

Editor: Jennifer Robinson

Pictures by NARA

Smashwords Edition

(c) Copyright 2007 Caitlind L. Alexander. All rights reserved.

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The Disappearance of Sara Oglethorpe: A Scary 15-Minute Ghost Story / Caitlind L. Alexander

Summary: A young lady disappears after a fight with her father.

1. Ghosts. Juvenile Literature. 2. Disappear. Juvenile Literature.

Reading Level: 5.3

Words: 2356

Ages 9 and up.

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THE DISAPPEARANCE OF

SARA OGLETHORPE

It was 1843 in backwoods Kentucky. Her name was Sara Oglethorpe. She was a headstrong girl in her late teens who wanted to improve herself and get a good education. All she got was dead.

Sara lived in a little shack that was more holes than wood. She shared it with her ma, her pa and two sisters, Ida Mae and Minnie. Her ma took in sewing from the rich people in town. That was the only income the poor family had, except for the few times that Sara's pa was so wont for a bottle that he worked a few hours for one.

Most of the time Sara's ma did all the working and her pa drank up all the money. He never did any work around the house either. The place was a wreck.

One night neighbors