Gordon Jack
Plot Summary
Sierra Santiago is a teenager who spends her days hanging out with friends and painting murals in her Brooklyn neighborhood. When people in her community start dying and coming back as reanimated corpses, Sierra realizes that sinister forces are out to kill her family and friends. Soon, she becomes immersed in the world of shadowshaping, the ability to provide physical forms for the spirits of her ancestors. This skill will be the only thing that can save her from a man out to destroy everyone she loves.
Critical Evaluation
I would rate this book a 9 out of 10. Older does a great job of showing a community trying to maintain its cultural heritage as their neighborhood becomes gentrified by hipsters. Sierra is a great character, a tough fighter who loves her "fro" and "curves". I had trouble at times understanding the history and rules of shadowshaping, which kept me from feeling the peril the characters experienced. Besides this though, this is a world I was happy to get to know better.
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