Shadowshaper (24 page)

DANIEL JOSÉ OLDER
is the author of the Bone Street Rumba adult urban fantasy series and the short-story collection
Salsa Nocturna
. His nonfiction writing on race, power, and publishing has appeared on Salon and BuzzFeed, and his short stories have been published in many science-fiction and fantasy magazines and anthologies. He also writes music and plays bass in the soul-jazz band Ghost Star.

Daniel lives in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, where
Shadowshaper
is set. You can find his thoughts on writing, read dispatches from his decade-long career as a New York City paramedic, and hear his music at www.ghoststar.net and @djolder.

Text copyright © 2015 by Daniel José Older

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Older, Daniel José, author.

Shadowshaper / Daniel Jose Older. — First edition.

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Summary: When the murals painted on the walls of her Brooklyn neighborhood start to change and fade in front of her, Sierra Santiago realizes that something strange is going on — then she discovers her Puerto Rican family are shadowshapers and finds herself in a battle with an evil anthropologist for the lives of her family and friends.

ISBN 978-0-545-59161-4 (alk. paper) 1. Magic — Juvenile fiction. 2. Hispanic Americans — Juvenile fiction. 3. Puerto Rican families — Juvenile fiction. 4. Paranormal fiction — Juvenile fiction. 5. Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — Juvenile fiction. [1. Magic — Fiction. 2. Occultism — Fiction. 3. Puerto Ricans — New York (State) — New York — Fiction. 4. Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — Fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.1.O45Sh 2015

[Fic] — dc23

2014032311

First edition, July 2015

Cover photo © 2015 by Michael Frost

Cover art and design by Christopher Stengel

e-ISBN 978-0-545-59162-1

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