Kindle Edition Amazon Category:  Children Publisher: Central Avenue Publishers ISBN-10:  1771681209 Type: Fiction Pages: 128 Copyright: 2017 ISBN-13: 9781771681209 Price: $4.27 (eBook) Join Amanda, Cleo and their funny friend Caleb, as they visit a rugged and beautiful landscape that holds secret to a wild and violent past.   Amanda Ross is on a school trip to Taos, New Mexico to collect material for writing projects. She is travelling with Cleo, a classmate who believes in ghosts and insists she keeps seeing them. Amanda doesn't believe in ghosts and is determined to prove there is no such thing. When weird, unexplainable things start to happen to Amanda, she questions her denial of the supernatural. Join Amanda as she visits a typical hacienda, an ancient pueblo, a painting that changes dramatically and a spooky hotel with the ghost of a murdered cowboy haunting the rooms. Can Amanda escape from the eerie wind that follows her everywhere she goes? Excerpt Amanda Shuddered. A harsh breeze pushed her forward. Looking up at the sky, Amanda felt the wind push her again and she tripped over a rock. She stumbled hard into the low adobe brick wall surrounding the cemetery. Another shove sent her right over the fence. Her head hit a fallen brick. She saw stars before everything went black.

Amazing Adventure in the Land of Enchantment
Amanda in New Mexico: Ghosts in the Wind finds student Amanda Ross on a school trip in Taos, New Mexico. While there, her classmate Cleo thinks she sees ghosts. Amanda feels anxious too, sensing that something or someone is watching her. An engaging adventure ensues during their visit to the Land of Enchantment in this sixth book in the fun and educational series for early middle grade readers. 5/5

Spooky, beautiful New Mexico brought to life
New Mexico is indeed an enchanting place, and Darlene Foster brings it to lovely, haunting life in this installment of Amanda's adventures. Sixth-grader Amanda is a brave traveler, up for anything, and definitely doesn't believe in ghosts...but even she starts getting spooked and wondering if she needs to change her mind when she goes on a class trip to Taos and vicinity, with all its Old West locales with turbulent pasts. Delightful armchair travel, as ever from Darlene's books, as well as enticingly spooky ghost stories--what's not to like?