Avi, 1937-

The seer of shadows / Avi. - New York, NY : Scholastic, 2009, c2008. - 202 p. ; 22 cm.

In New York City in 1872, fourteen-year-old Horace, a photographer's apprentice, becomes entangled in a plot to create fraudulent spirit photographs, but when Horace accidentally frees the real ghost of a dead girl bent on revenge, his life takes a frightening turn.

Grades 3-7.

ISBN: 054520044X 9780545200448 0545176077 9780545176071

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Photography--History--Fiction.
Ghost stories.
Swindlers and swindling--Fiction.
Revenge--Fiction.
Horror tales.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
New York (N.Y.)--History--1865-1898--Fiction.

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]