The Witness Tree and the Shadow of the Noose

Jake Salmon is a sixth-grader who has moved to a creepy, cramped house in historic Manassas. When he witnesses a man running across their snow-covered lawn without leaving any footprints, Jake is faced with the possibility that the axe-wielding madman may in fact be the ghost of Civil War soldier Thomas Garnet. Can Jake solve a mystery in history with the help of his little brother and his friend?