Set in San Diego during World War II, Mary Shelley has gone
to stay with her aunt Eva in the midst of the Spanish Influenza outbreak. People are dying all around them from the
disease and they are worried about getting sick also. Mary Shelley is also worried for her father,
who has been arrested and for her friend, Stephen, who has gone overseas to
fight. She and Stephen weren’t
officially courting, but they definitely loved each other and Mary Shelley is
devastated when she finds out that Stephen has died. Stephen’s brother, Julius, is a spiritual
photographer. He photographs people and
loved ones who have died often appear in the background. Stephen always claimed that Julius was a
fraud but when Aunt Eva asks Mary Shelley to sit for Julius, Stephen appears in
the background and soon after, Mary Shelley starts hearing Stephen’s
voice. She has never believed in ghosts
but now she’s not so sure. This is a
good historical, supernatural story for teens.
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