C J Laurenson

Jeemsie's Ghosts C J Laurenson

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE KELPIE PRIZE 2016 UNDER THE TITLE "The Secret of the Tammie Norie"**Ten-year-old Jeemsie, a talented young violinist, just wants to fit in, ditch the music lessons, and be more like his friends playing football on the street in Dundee. But when his mother is seriously injured in a car accident, he has no choice but to go and stay with relatives he hardly knows, in a place he has never even visited - Shetland. Blaming himself for the accident, Jeemsie is haunted by guilt. He struggles to adjust, until he meets an old man living by the shore, who shares his love of music and encourages him to play. But what is the secret of the "Tammie Norie"? And who is the ghost-like figure who emerges from the mist and then vanishes into thin air?