How did this make you feel as you read?ġ0. Throughout the novel the author uses foreshadowing-he suggests that something is going to happen before it happens. The Seer of Shadows - eBook By: Avi HarperCollins / 2016 / ePub Write a Review In Stock Stock No: WW80376EB Horace Carpetine does not believe in ghosts. Do you think what happens to the Von Machts is just? Explain.ĩ.

Why? What makes people think differently about the same person?ħ. Horace has a very different relationship with Pegg than the Von Machts or Mr.

Why? How do you think you would handle a situation like this one?Ħ. Horace decides he has to take the secret pictures Mr. What is the difference between science and religion? Can a person believe in both?ĥ. Horace and his father consider photography to be a science. Do you believe in ghosts? Do you think there are people who can see ghosts? Horace’s initial disbelief in ghosts comes from his parents. What do you think the book is about? What do you think its title means?Ģ. Before reading the book, take a look at the cover. Newbery Medalist Avi weaves one of his most suspenseful and scary talesâ about a ghost who has to be seen to be believed and must be kept from carrying out a horrifying revenge. Details about photographic processes add authenticity, while the book’s somber ending will leave spines tingling. Mirroring both the style and themes of gothic novels of the period, the story takes ghastly and ghostly turns that challenge Horace’s belief in reason. Suspense builds as the Von Machts’ servant, Pegg, reveals secrets about the Von Macht family and explains that Eleanor’s angry spirit, brought back into the world through the camera lens, may want revenge on both Mrs. Events depart from the expected when the ghost of Eleanora literally enters the picture, and Horace discovers his ability to capture departed souls on film. The plan is to make a tidy profit by producing a double exposure and offering her an unusual portrait, one incorporating a superimposed image of her dead daughter, Eleanora. In the fall of 1872, 14-year-old narrator Horace Carpetine reluctantly becomes involved in his employer’s scheme to dupe a superstitious client, wealthy Mrs. ) sets this intriguing ghost story in 19th-century New York City, where a photographer’s apprentice has a horrifying run-in with a spirit bent on revenge. Newbery Medalist Avi ( Crispin: The Cross of Lead

The Seer of Shadows by Avi