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The Seer of Shadows, (Paperback)
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from crochetbunnii
The Seer of Shadows was an interesting read about Horace Carpetine, a photographer's apprentice in the 1870s. Horace was raised to believe in science and reason, but when his master decides he can make a quick buck off exploiting a rich woman into thinking her daughter's ghost is appearing in pho...
from fingerpost
This is an odd little ghost story, that feels like one of Avi's historical novels. It is set in 18th century New York City. Horace, our narrator, is an apprentice photographer in the early days of the art. His master is commissioned to do a portrait of a wealthy woman for the benefit of the woman...
from KristySP
So I wrote my thesis on a 19th century photographer who was put on trial in NYC for making fraudulent photographs. He would take portraits and then superimpose images of the customer's dead relatives behind them. As a lover of historical fiction, especially children's and young adult historical f...
from shelf-employed
The prolific Avi has a winner in Seer of Shadows, historical fiction with a decidedly eerie and menacing twist. Horace Carpetine, raised to believe in science and rationalism, has been apprenticed to a photographer in post-Civil War, New York City. When his unscrupulous employer decides to perpet...
from smheatherly2
This was an interesting read, although Avi became very technical about the photography processes, it only made the novel come more alive due to all the research. Part historical fiction, part suspense, part mystery this was a novel that makes you think not only about the afterlife but also about ...
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