The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker by Cynthia C. DeFelice

Recently came to light as cemeteries were excavated. What is shocking about this story is the graveyard 'proof' which Beecher (who also serves a barber, druggist and undertaker), but privately wonders if the local superstitions reguarding vampire protection might be even more effective.

Lucas diligently learns the primitive medical basics from Dr.

Newly orphaned and the only survivor of a family which was wiped out by tuberculosis (known as Consumption) Lucas Whittaker at 12 signs articles which apprentice him to a respected medical doctor in the community.

MACABRE CON IN CONNECTICUT OR SHOCKING REVELATION?ĭid residents of New England actually practice a form of vampirism in the mid 19th century? The conclusions drawn by individual readers will vary, but the hypothesis is both fascinating and chilling. I enjoy the challenge of trying to write as honestly as I can, and I find enormous satisfaction in hearing from readers that something I wrote touched them, delighted them, made them shiver with fear or shake with laughter, or think about something new.” Cynthia and her husband live in Geneva, New York. When asked what she loves best about being an author, she can’t pick just one answer: “I love the feeling of being caught up in the lives of the characters I am writing about. “To me,” she says, “those trips to the bookstore were even better than the rare occasions when we were given a quarter and turned loose at the penny-candy store on the boardwalk.” Cynthia has worked as a bookseller, a barn painter, a storyteller, and a school librarian. Summer vacations began with a trip to the bookstore, where she and her sister and brothers were allowed to pick out books for their summer reading. Her books have been nominated for an Edgar Allen Poe Award and listed as American Library Association Notable Children's Books and Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year, among numerous other honors.Ĭynthia was born in Philadelphia in 1951. Cynthia DeFelice is the author of many bestselling titles for young readers, including the novels Wild Life, The Ghost of Cutler Creek, Signal, and The Missing Manatee, as well as the picture books, One Potato, Two Potato, and Casey in the Bath.

The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker by Cynthia C. DeFelice