Horace Carpetine does not believe in ghosts.

Raised to believe in science and reason, Horace Carpetine passes off spirits as superstition. Then he becomes an apprentice photographer and discovers an eerie--and even dangerous--supernatural power in his very own photographs.

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--by convincing her that her daughter's ghost has appeared in the ones he's already taken.

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. . . .

Author: Avi
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 09/15/2009
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.40h x 5.00w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780060000172
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.2
Point Value: 6
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 121299 / Seer of Shadows


Award: 2010 Rhode Island Children's Book Awards Nominee - Grades 3-6

About the Author
Avi: -

Avi is the award-winning author of more than eighty-two books for young readers, ranging from animal fantasy to gripping historical fiction, picture books to young adult novels. Crispin: The Cross of Lead won the Newbery Medal, and The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle and Nothing But the Truth were awarded Newbery Honors. He is also the author of the popular Poppy series. Avi lives in Denver, Colorado. Visit him online at www.avi-writer.com.