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Language
English
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Description
In New York City in 1872, fourteen-year-old Horace, a photographer's apprentice, becomes entangled in a plot to create fraudulent spirit photographs, but when Horace accidentally frees the real ghost of a dead girl bent on revenge, his life takes a frightening turn.
Author
Publisher
An Anne Schwartz Book/Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
In the early years of the twentieth century, a Swedish family encounters separation and other hardships upon immigrating to New York City until the son is cast in a silent movie, in a picture book that evokes an actual silent movie.
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
c1982
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Conrad, who lives with his aunt and uncle in St. Louis, decides to pay a surprise visit to his divorced parents in New York and comes face to face with bitter reality. Only the friendship of an emotionally troubled girl helps to sustain him through this crisis.