As we count
down to Halloween and Day of the Dead this week,
The Latina
Book Club will bring
you some “dark and intriguing” books to stay up late with.
Happy
Reading. And always, Read Latino!
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Scholastic |
A Puerto Rican heroine, living in Brooklyn,
with magical powers and zombies on her tail.
I am hooked!
SHADOWSHAPER is a thrilling and magical YA debut
by writer, editor, composer Daniel José Older. The war between good and evil has never been this creepy
or terrifying. I hope this is the first of many books in a Shadowshaping
series.
Book Summary:
Sierra Santiago planned to have 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
mysterious 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.
About the Author: Daniel José Older is the New York Times bestselling author of
the Bone Street Rumba urban
fantasy series from Penguin’s Roc Books and the Young Adult novel SHADOWSHAPER (Scholastic,
2015), a New York Times Notable Book of 2015, which was shortlisted for the
Kirkus Prize in Young Readers’ Literature, the Andre Norton Award, the Locus,
the Mythopoeic Award, the International Latino Book Award, and named one of
Esquire’s 80 Books Every Person Should Read. He co-edited the Locus and World
Fantasy nominated anthology Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction from the Margins
of History. His short stories and essays have appeared in the Guardian, NPR,
Tor.com, Salon, BuzzFeed, and the anthologies The
Fire This Time and Mothership:
Tales Of Afrofuturism And Beyond, among others. Daniel has guest edited
at Fireside Fiction, Catapult, Crossed Genres, and Fantasy Magazine, and served
as a judge for the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, the Burt Award for Young
Adult Caribbean Literature, and the PEN American Award. He has taught at St.
Johns University, Voices at VONA, Boricua College, and Rikers Island among
other sites. You can find his thoughts on writing, read dispatches from his
decade-long career as an NYC paramedic and hear his music at
http://danieljoseolder.net/, on youtube and @djolder on twitter. Visit him at http://ghoststar.net/
Book Awards for SHADOWSHAPER:
A Top Ten YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults
Selection
A Top Ten ALA Quick Pick
A Kirkus Prize Finalist
An Andre Award Nominee
A New York Times Notable Children's Book
An NPR Best Book of the Year
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
A Top Ten ALA Quick Pick
A Kirkus Prize Finalist
An Andre Award Nominee
A New York Times Notable Children's Book
An NPR Best Book of the Year
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
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