{"product_id":"9780060000172","title":"The Seer of Shadows","description":"\u003cp\u003eNewbery Medalist Avi weaves one of his most suspenseful and scary tales—about a ghost who has to be seen to be believed and must be kept from carrying out a horrifying revenge. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The time is 1872. The place is New York City. Horace Carpetine has been raised to believe in science and rationality. So as apprentice to Enoch Middleditch, a society photographer, he thinks of his trade as a scientific art. But when wealthy society matron Mrs. Frederick Von Macht orders a photographic portrait, strange things begin to happen. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Horace's first real photographs reveal a frightful likeness: it's the image of the Von Machts' dead daughter, Eleanora. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Pegg, the Von Machts' black servant girl, then leads him to the truth about who Eleanora \u003ci\u003ereally\u003c\/i\u003e was and how she actually died. Joined in friendship, Pegg and Horace soon realize that his photographs are evoking both Eleanora's image and her ghost. Eleanora returns, a vengeful wraith intent on punishing those who abused her. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Rich in detail, full of the magic of early photography, here is a story about the shadows, visible and invisible, that are always lurking near. \u003c\/p\u003e  ","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47011306766576,"sku":"9780060000172","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780060000172_p0.jpg?v=1763619311","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780060000172","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}