Franklin helps ghosts pass along, from this world to the next. His newest visitor? A scared white boy, wearing shorts, his legs scratched up, not proper funeral clothes. Franklin knows that even if the police believed him, a black man talking about dead white boys just leads to more questions, more trouble. Especially when everyone else thinks the boy is only missing... "Franklin Versus The Child Thief"-the third novel in The Chronicles of Franklin-revisits rural Kentucky, Franklin's acquaintances as well as family, and the complications of both when twisted together with magic. Be sure to read the first two books as well, "Franklin Versus The Popcorn Thief" and "Franklin Versus The Soul Thief".