The Seer of Shadows

by Avi

Summary: Horace is an apprentice to a photographer in 1872 New York. When a rich woman commissions the team to photograph her, Horace's employer comes up with an evil plan. He makes Horace go into the house to photograph portraits of the woman's dead daughter. He intends to then superimpose that image onto a photograph of the woman, making her think that her daughter's ghost has appeared in the picture. But what neither Horace or his employer know is that Horace actually can capture the spirits of the dead on film. When the dead girl appears, and it's clear that she's very, very, angry, a servant girl helps Horace understand the true (and horrifying) circumstances of her death.

My thoughts: Totally creepy! Avi is a great writer, and has created a really suspenseful plot surrounding a character you can't help but identify with and root for.