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The Seance (Lawrence novel)

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Language
  
English

Media type
  
Print (Hardcover)

ISBN
  
978-0-385-73375-5

Author
  
Iain Lawrence

Publisher
  
Random House

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Cover artist
  
Jen Shekels

Publication date
  
July 8, 2008

Pages
  
272

Originally published
  
8 July 2008

Page count
  
272

Country
  
United States of America

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Genres
  
Children's literature, Mystery

Similar
  
The Giant‑Slayer, The Castaways, Gemini Summer, The Winter Pony, The cannibals

The Seance is a mystery novel by Iain Lawrence, first published in 2008. It is set in America in the 1920s. The main character is thirteen-year-old illusionist Scooter King, who lives with his mother the medium, helping her to host seances and make a small living.

Scooter admires Harry Houdini, a famous magician and escape artist. He can't wait to see him escape from his deadly Torture Tank.

One night, Scooter stumbles on a dead man in the Torture Tank. Little does he know that the dead man is Herman Day. A few days later, Harry Houdini comes to town.

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