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Shadowshaper
Daniel José, Older

Shadowshaper

Arthur A. Levine Books (Jun 30, 2015)
9780545591614
| Hardcover
304 pages | English
Dewey dc23
LC Classification PZ7.1.O45 .Sh 2015
LC Control No. 2014032311

Genre

  • Action Adventure
  • Fantasy
  • Latin-American
  • Speculative Fiction
  • Teens
  • Young Adult

Subject

  • Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) - Fiction
  • Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) - Juvenile Fiction
  • Hispanic Americans - Juvenile Fiction
  • Magic - Fiction
  • Magic - Juvenile Fiction
  • Occultism - Fiction
  • Paranormal Fiction - Juvenile Fiction
  • Puerto Rican Families - Juvenile Fiction
  • Puerto Ricans - Fiction. - New York (State)

Plot

Cassandra Clare meets Caribbean legend in this action-packed urban fantasy from a bold new talent. Sierra Santiago was looking forward to a fun summer of making art, hanging out with her friends, and skating around Brooklyn. But then a weird zombie guy crashes the first party of the season. Sierra's near-comatose abuelo begins to say "No importa" over and over. And when the graffiti murals in Bed-Stuy start to weep . . . Well, something stranger than the usual New York mayhem is going on. Sierra soon discovers a supernatural order called the Shadowshapers, who connect with spirits via paintings, music, and stories. Her grandfather once shared the order's secrets with an anthropologist, Dr. Jonathon Wick, who turned the Caribbean magic to his own foul ends. Now Wick wants to become the ultimate Shadowshaper by killing all the others, one by one. With the help of her friends and the hot graffiti artist Robbie, Sierra must dodge Wick's supernatural creations, harness her own Shadowshaping abilities, and save her family's past, present, and future.