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Dead Light March parent’s guide: what’s inside
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Dead Light March is a magical novella that celebrates Brooklyn culture, music, and artistic identity while exploring themes of power, responsibility, and community. The story features some supernatural conflict and mild threat from magical adversaries, but violence is not graphic or central to the plot. The book prioritizes character development and positive messages about courage, belonging, and using one's gifts to protect others, making it well-suited for middle-grade readers with some fantasy experience, particularly fans of the Shadowshaper series.
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In this novella sequel to the New York Times–bestselling Shadowshaper, a magical crew of artists and musicians confront danger at a carnival celebration. Set between the New York Times bestseller Shadowshaper and its upcoming sequel Shadowhouse Fall, and following the first novella, Ghost Girl in the Corner, this story... In this novella sequel to the New York Times–bestselling Shadowshaper, a magical crew of artists and musicians confront danger at a carnival celebration. Set between the New York Times bestseller Shadowshaper and its upcoming sequel Shadowhouse Fall, and following the first novella, Ghost Girl in the Corner, this story of music, passion, and mystery will draw you deeper into the magical Brooklyn of Daniel José Older's Shadowshaper Cypher. Mina Satorius, classmate of Sierra and her crew, is being drawn deeper into the light of the Sorrows' world. Sierra's brother Juan isn't quite sure what to do with his band's latest song—it has an actual melody!—but maybe it'll impress his brand-new, out of the blue, super-secret crush. And Sierra herself is grappling with the new powers that have made her head of the shadowshapers . . . and what that means for her life and those around her. The stories of all three collide at the West Indian Day parade as new threats and old foes thread their way towards the shadowshapers, in this electric novella set on the eve of Shadowhouse Fall. Reviews for the New York Times–bestselling Shadowshaper: "Magnificent." — New York Times Book Review "A must." — Kirkus Reviews "Exceptional." — Publishers Weekly "Smart writing with a powerful message that never overwhelms the terrific storytelling." — Booklist "Joyful and assertive and proud, and makes me want to read everything else of Older's, for more of these voices, connections and lives." —National Public Radio
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- Young Adult Fiction
- Children's fiction
- Magic, fiction
- Short stories
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ISBN 9781338171310 · Scholastic Inc.