Shadowshaper (The Shadowshaper Cypher, Book 1)
Readers rate it 3.6 (42 on Hardcover)
256 pages · Released Jun 30, 2015 · Scholastic Inc.
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Shadowshaper is a vibrant YA fantasy with strong cultural grounding in Puerto Rican heritage and Brooklyn neighborhoods. While it involves a murder mystery and some supernatural danger, the violence is not graphic, and the story emphasizes creativity, family bonds, and standing up against injustice. The book is best suited for early teens who enjoy character-driven fantasy and don't mind mild supernatural suspense.
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"Magnificent." -- Holly Black, New York Times Book Review Come to the crossroads, to the crossroads comeSierra Santiago planned an easy summer of making art and hanging with her friends. But then a corpse crashes the first party of the season. Her stroke-ridden grandfather starts apologizing over and over. And when the... "Magnificent." -- Holly Black, New York Times Book Review Come to the crossroads, to the crossroads comeSierra Santiago planned an easy summer of making art and hanging with her friends. But then a corpse crashes the first party of the season. Her stroke-ridden grandfather starts apologizing over and over. And when the murals in her neighborhood begin to weep real tears . . . Well, something more sinister than the usual Brooklyn ruckus is going on.Where the powers converge and become oneWith the help of a fellow artist named Robbie, Sierra discovers shadowshaping, a thrilling magic that infuses ancestral spirits into paintings, music, and stories. But someone is killing the shadowshapers one by one -- and the killer believes Sierra is hiding their greatest secret. Now she must unravel her family's past, take down the killer in the present, and save the future of shadowshaping for herself and generations to come.Full of a joyful, defiant spirit and writing as luscious as a Brooklyn summer night, Shadowshaper introduces a fantasy heroine and magic unlike any you've ever seen before, and marks the YA debut of a brilliant new storyteller.
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- Young Adult Fiction
- Plot driven
- Juvenile Fiction
- Fantasy
- Young Adult
- LGBTQ
- Science fiction
- Adventure
- Magic
- Fiction
- Hispanic Americans
- Puerto Rican families
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ISBN 9780545591621 · Scholastic Inc.