

The Seance
Author: Iain Lawrence
Narrator: Steven Boyer
Unabridged: 7 hr 15 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 01/23/2009
Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Mystery & Detective
Author: Iain Lawrence
Narrator: Steven Boyer
Unabridged: 7 hr 15 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 01/23/2009
Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Mystery & Detective
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
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
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
Audiobook version. Lukewarm. Not bad but not compelling either.......more