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This was far more supernatural that I expected - I think I expected a "ghost" story rather than a ghost story.
Just creepy enough to make you shiver, but not so much that you can't sleep at night, this would be exactly the level of scare I would have been into when I was in Avi's target age. Which was a few years ago.
I really enjoyed the look at old fashioned photography and how photos were processed. Spirit pictures look ridiculous to us today, but in the 1870's, they were considered real - and ...more
Just creepy enough to make you shiver, but not so much that you can't sleep at night, this would be exactly the level of scare I would have been into when I was in Avi's target age. Which was a few years ago.
I really enjoyed the look at old fashioned photography and how photos were processed. Spirit pictures look ridiculous to us today, but in the 1870's, they were considered real - and ...more
Oct 11, 2015
Josianne Fitzgerald
rated it
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children-s,
print,
middle-school,
historical-fiction,
paranormal,
book-talk,
characterization
I have been recommending lots of books for girls lately, but this one will certainly appeal to boys. A vengeful ghost finds an entrance into this world via photographic plates late in 19th century New York. The photographer's apprentice befriends a servant girl, and together they try to banish the ghost but not before she extracts revenge on the couple who tormented her.
I enjoyed the explanations of the photographic process. My dad had a dark room when I was growing up, and it really did seem l ...more
I enjoyed the explanations of the photographic process. My dad had a dark room when I was growing up, and it really did seem l ...more
Mar 21, 2008
Krista the Krazy Kataloguer
marked it as to-read
