false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1211306348m/1223606.jpg 1223606 5 <p> Newbery Medalist Avi weaves one of his most suspenseful and scary tales&#8212;about a ghost who has to be seen to be believed and must be kept from carrying out a horrifying revenge. </p> <p> The time is 1872. The place is New York City. Horace Carpetine has been raised to believe in science and rationality. So as apprentice to Enoch Middleditch, a society photographer, he thinks of his trade as a scientific art. But when wealthy society matron Mrs. Frederick Von Macht orders a photographic portrait, strange things begin to happen. </p> <p> Horace's first real photographs reveal a frightful likeness: it's the image of the Von Machts' dead daughter, Eleanora. </p> <p> Pegg, the Von Machts' black servant girl, then leads him to the truth about who Eleanora <i>really</i> was and how she actually died. Joined in friendship, Pegg and Horace soon realize that his photographs are evoking both Eleanora's image and her ghost. Eleanora returns, a vengeful wraith intent on punishing those who abused her. </p> <p> Rich in detail, full of the magic of early photography, here is a story about the shadows, visible and invisible, that are always lurking near. </p> 1212107 1 4 2008 The Seer of Shadows total:480|5:89|4:170|3:170|2:42|1:9| 480 1728 708 175 3 2 false false Wed Dec 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 11:10:08 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 11:16:03 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 23 11:52:55 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 15:15:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Dec 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 19:13:43 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 19:28:52 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Dec 10 12:40:52 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 13:18:28 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Dec 12 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Aug 05 14:15:29 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 14:15:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false true Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 13:28:59 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 13:28:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Oct 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 22:07:30 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 11:12:24 -0700 2009
—The Seer of Shadows, P. 202

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