But they have awakened a jealous and demanding ghost, one that's not satisfied with their plans for getting recognition. As Iris and Daniel learn more about their town's past, they become determined to restore Avery's grave and finally have proper respect paid to Avery and the others buried there. They discover that Avery's grave is actually part of a neglected and forgotten Black cemetery, dating back to a time when White and Black people were kept separate in life - and in death. Obsessed with figuring out what's going on, Iris and Daniel start to research the area for a school project. And she feels the pull of the abandoned grave, calling her back to the clearing. She thinks she sees the shadow of a girl lurking in the woods. She wakes up to find her bedroom window wide open, letting in the snow. Immediately, strange things start to happen to Iris: She begins having vivid nightmares. There, Iris carefully makes a perfect snow angel - only to find the crumbling gravestone of a young girl, Avery Moore, right beneath her. On a cold winter night, Iris and her best friend, Daniel, sneak into a clearing in the woods to play in the freshly fallen snow. "Do you know what it feels like to be forgotten?" A spooky, original ghost story with fantastic characters, chilling scenes - and a timely and important storyline about reclaiming an abandoned segregated cemetery.
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