The Seance, Iain Lawrence
The Seance, Iain Lawrence
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The Seance

Author: Iain Lawrence

Narrator: Steven Boyer

Unabridged: 7 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/23/2009


Synopsis

Best-selling author Iain Lawrence's adventures and mysteries for children and young adults are enormously popular selections. In the midst of the roaring '20s, Scooter, the son of a psychic, admires Harry Houdini. He can't wait to see Houdini perform his amazing new illusion. But backstage at the show, Scooter finds something that he wishes were merely an illusion: a dead body floating in Houdini's tank.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nancy on October 21, 2022

It's kid lit, and I think the author got it just right. Just enough history to intrigue a young person about the 1920s (and who's not fascinated by Houdini, and magic, at that age already?). Just the right amount of fun slang and adventure and mayhem. Might be just the thing for a long car ride with......more

Goodreads review by Axel on May 13, 2020

The Seance by Iain Lawrence is a murder mystery novel that takes place in the 1920's. Scooter Kind is a protagonist young boy who assists his mother's psychic scheme. People pay her for a seance, and Scooter combines feelings of the dead with the information that he gathered from the customer. Harr......more

Goodreads review by Trevor on June 28, 2022

This was a delightful YA piece of historical fiction. The plot was pretty obvious, but the seamless integration of fiction and history made it enjoyable. The little bit of character development was just enough to get the story going and make a few points interesting.......more

Goodreads review by Mary on October 03, 2019

Audiobook version. Lukewarm. Not bad but not compelling either.......more

Goodreads review by Rida on January 07, 2021

It was not what I had in mind when I put it in my to-read pile. And even more so AFTER I read it. Decent I guess shrug......more