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Barnaby Grimes, a streetwise youngster who scales London rooftops in search of adventure, finds himself drawn into the stakes of early photography. During an ill‑fated experiment, a misbegotten chemist forges a ghostly way of vanishing, forcing Barnaby to unravel the mystery and confront the horrors it unleashes.
First publish date: 2009
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Paul Stewart
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