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<p><P>Horace Carpetine does not believe in ghosts.<P>Raised to believe in science and reason, Horace Carpetine passes off spirits as superstition. Then he becomes an apprentice photographer and discovers an eerie&#8212;and even dangerous&#8212;supernatural power in his very own photographs.<P>When a wealthy lady orders a portrait to place by her daughter's gravesite, Horace's employer, Enoch Middleditch, schemes to sell her more pictures&#8212;by convincing her that her daughter's ghost has appeared in the ones he's already taken. <P>It's Horace's job to create images of the girl. Yet Horace somehow captures the girl's spirit along with her likeness. And when the spirit escapes the photographs, Horace discovers he's released a ghost bent on a deadly revenge. . . .</p><h3>Publishers Weekly</h3><p><P>Newbery Medalist Avi (<I>Crispin: The Cross of Lead</I>) sets this intriguing ghost story in 19th-century New York City, where a photographer's apprentice has a horrifying run-in with a spirit bent on revenge. In the fall of 1872, 14-year-old narrator Horace Carpetine reluctantly becomes involved in his employer's scheme to dupe a superstitious client, wealthy Mrs. Von Macht. The plan is

Who reads The Seer of Shadows?

Author

Avi [Avi]

Publisher

HarperCollins;Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9780060000165

Category

children's

Subjects

Historical Fiction, Thriller, Fiction

Rating

3.7 / 5 (84 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14