Daniel Jose Older

Shadowshaper Daniel Jose Older

Paint a mural. Start a battle. Change the world. Sierra Santiago planned an easy summer of making art and hanging out 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. With the help of a fellow artist named Robbie, Sierra discovers shadow shaping, a thrilling magic that infuses ancestral spirits into paintings, music, and stories. But someone is killing the shadow shapers 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 shadow shaping for generations to come. Full of a joyful, defiant spirit and writing as luscious as a Brooklyn summer night, Shadow shaper introduces a heroine and magic unlike anything else in fantasy fiction, and marks the YA debut of a bold new voice.