| Marie Antoinette Fero |
| Dr. Marie Fero has been an educator for over 25 years, and holds teaching certification in the areas of music, elementary education, and educational leadership. She has served as a K-12 vocal/instrumental music teacher, Kindergarten teacher, and has been a teacher of gifted education and reading. Dr. Fero has also been an elementary principal and chair of an academic department in higher education. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Early Childhood, Elementary, and Middle Level Education at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois. This is Dr. Fero’s first book, and it is based on childhood memories of Mill Creek Park in her hometown of Youngstown, Ohio. mfero@charter.net |
| Haunted Summer at Mill Creek park by Marie Antoinette Fero Haunted Summer at Mill Creek Park is a story of family love and loyalty which transcends the passage of time. Set at the park in Youngstown, Ohio, two sisters, Chrissy and Meg Stewart, discover the ghost of a young boy roaming the park. Miles Higgins died in 1782 and was buried somewhere in the area of the park when it was still a wilderness. But when the park was established in 1891, excavators relocated the cemetery, inadvertently missing several graves, including Miles’. Longing to rejoin his parents and sister, he enlists the help of the girls, who in turn coerce their feisty great-grandfather to help, and they all search to find his burial spot. Soon other deceased family members, such as Miles’ sister and parents, join in the search for Miles’ grave. But they are not alone and soon find themselves fighting the presence of spirits who had been malicious towards the Higgins and others in their community back in the 18th century. |
