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    Shadowshaper (The Shadowshaper Cypher, Book 1)
    Shadowshaper (The Shadowshaper Cypher, Book 1)
    Shadowshaper (The Shadowshaper Cypher, Book 1)
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    Shadowshaper (The Shadowshaper Cypher, Book 1)

    Written by Daniel José Older

    Narrated by Anika Noni Rose

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    About this audiobook

    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 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 generations to come.

    Full of a joyful, defiant spirit and writing as luscious as a Brooklyn summer night, Shadowshaper introduces a heroine and magic unlike anything else in fantasy fiction, and marks the YA debut of a bold new voice.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherScholastic
    Release dateNov 1, 2015
    ISBN9780545921220
    Shadowshaper (The Shadowshaper Cypher, Book 1)
    Author

    Daniel José Older

    Daniel José Older is a New York Times bestselling author, editor, and composer. Shadowshaper, his first published young adult novel, received the International Latino Book Award and was also recognized as a New York Times Notable Book and NPR's Best Book of the Year. A bass player for the soul-jazz band Ghost Star, he also chronicles his thoughts on writing and his decade-long career as a New York City paramedic at ghoststar.net. He currently resides in Brooklyn.

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    • 4/5
      Sierra paints murals on the sides of buildings and has noticed that a few other murals are fading lately. And she thought she saw one cry the other day. She learns that she comes from a line of shadowshapers, people who can put shadows (or spirits) into drawings and paintings so that they may have new life and freedom. Mostly the spirits are friendly, even helpful, but when controlled by one who wishes to destroy all shadowshapers, they can be quite dangerous. The story contains family secrets, zombies, and living murals. Shadowshaper straddles the line between fantasy and ghost story, while also being a love letter to Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. Sierra is proud of her Puerto Rican heritage and loves being a part of Bed-Stuy, even as gentrification creeps its way in. I really enjoyed this book. There's a novella in the series called Ghost Girl in the Corner and Older is currently writing a sequel, Shadowhouse Fall. I can't wait to read more of Sierra's adventures.
    • 3/5
      Another YA fantasy book with female lead. Creative.
    • 5/5
      I loved this book; agree that it's short and thin on some details, but I just loved the feel of this book. The place, Sierra, the spirituality. I felt comfortable in this world.
    • 4/5
      A girl finds out that she has powers that she never knew about and she needs to use them to save her family and her heritage.
    • 5/5
      Loved this series! It’s a must read! Wish they would make this into a movie.
    • 4/5
      Decent writing, good characters and wonderful world. Discovering shadowshaping and the spirit world with Sierra was a beautiful and sometimes horrifying trip. I would like to see this as a movie or a brightly coloured graphic novel, it could be stunning.
    • 5/5
      Awesome book ! Great voiceover. I loved reading this awesome book
    • 3/5
      I love the voice of main character, I love her becoming. I'm not sure the story really does enough for me -- original ideas, yes, great sense of character and place, yes, somehow just a little too... simple? for me. Never mind, it's got a lot going for it.
    • 4/5
      It's a Chosen One kind of story, but it deals with the Chosen One trope in a refreshing way. Sierra isn't burdened with the Chosen One stuff until the crazy of the world is established and she's on her way to the confrontation. I cheered when she made her way there with the battle cry "no more riddles."

    • 4/5
      Shadowshaper(Shadowshaper Cypher #1)by Daniel José OlderGreat fantasy with a new twist of magic! Mural art infused with magic. Those who can infuse and use this magic are Shadowshapers. But someone wants to kill the last of the last of the Shadowshapers to control power. It's a very exciting story based around a Puerto Rican gal and a boy. Family secrets, supernatural abilities, and friendships also play a big part. Fun and fast paced read!
    • 3/5
      diverse teen fiction (spirits/magic; adventure/suspense/romance set in modern NY/Brooklyn)
      A solid story--even though it seemed the characters sat around drinking coffee and were forever failing to ask the right questions when lives were clearly in danger, this was entertaining enough to keep me turning the pages, and the characters likeable enough to continue following the series.

      diversity notes: Sierra's family is Puerto Rican (dark-skinned and Spanish-speaking); Robbie's family is Haitian (also dark-skinned, with mixed ancestry); their friends' families hail from a mix of other Caribbean countries (the DR and Martinique, if I remember correctly). Two of Sierra's friends form a lesbian couple--they have a fairly minor role in this book.

      parental notes: fighting scenes (attacking spirits, mostly not bloody); magic; very few kissing scenes; no drinking/drugs/sex.
    • 5/5
      Well, crap. I feel a little bereft now that I've read all of Older's stuff and now have to play the waiting game til his next novel comes out. And what a bang to leave me hanging--Shadowshaper is one helluva ride. It's difficult to express the extent of joy, hilarity, and delightful creepiness I found within this novel. Sierra's just exactly the strong protagonist I need and want out of a heroine. She sees who's dragging her down and DOES something about it. She's a sleuth and level-headed teenage girl. The scenes when she's actively using her 'shaping skills are utterly thrilling--they played out so vividly in my head. And the creepiness was great...it made me want to dip into horror again. Wick and his corpuscules and haints gave me all the icks. (Much of this I read at nighttime, and I swear to God my apartment started making unfamiliar creaks.) Older has such a talent for bringing new life to Brooklyn, for taking its longtime residents and paths and buildings and reclaiming it in a fresh new way by making it old school and magical.

      Oh, and did I mention the knee-jerk "HOORAY!!!" I actually shouted the first time Gordo's name showed up? I then started to hope, too, Carlos might show up, maybe to dispatch of Wick by the end, but I totally LOVE that Sierra did it herself in her own special way.

      This better be the first of a series is all I'm sayin'. I can't wait to put in my teens' hands at the library.

      Now to wait another 6 months til Midnight Taxi Tango is released.

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      So great to read again, this time as an audiobook. Anika Noni Rose is officially my new favorite reader. Now to catch up on the latest novella and Shadowhouse Fall in just over a week!
    • 5/5
      Shadowshaper was a fun read. Even though It didn’t dip much into the Latino culture, there was enough to keep my interest. The pacing was perfect for this small book.

      The characters were fun, and I can see it as relatable to the targeted audience. The one issue I can see, is maybe a little more character building, but it didn’t bother me do to the shortness of the novel. There was a little bit of a love interest, but not enough to distract you from the main plot. It was nice to see that development with an idea the Sierra wasn’t looking for a boy to get close to because she believed they mess things up once they opened their mouths. I find it interesting, how the author doesn’t follow the pristine happy family. It was refreshing to see a family that is not necessarily broken, but not being close. Sierra considers her friends to be her family.

      The concept of the shadowshaping was interesting. I loved how the author made it feel natural and part of the world. The way there was more than one way to shadowshape was great because there is more than one way to express yourself. The idea of this being passed down through the family is culturally related as many folklores and myths do come orally from family. Seeing the good side of the shadowshaping before seeing the bad, I enjoyed that. It seems like a lot of times in fantasy or supernatural, you always see or read about the bad side before seeing the good.

      Even though you want more, this book is not long. The chapters are small and yes, there would be more world-building or character development, there is enough for this type of book. It was an enjoyable read and I am ready to read the sequels and novellas. I do recommend this book.
    • 3/5
      The lead has to solve a mystery that has something to do with her culture and family. It's not too heavy on the teen drama and has a strong female lead. YA Fantasy/PNR lovers should definitely check this out.
    • 4/5
      It had been quite a while since I'd read any urban fantasy, and never in a YA novel, and I really enjoyed it. I like the whole being able to use shadows/spirits in drawings, or paintings, or music to protect people. I liked how Sierra was able to overcome her grandfather's gender prejudice and become powerful herself. Go girl power! It's a series starter, but one could be left happy with the ending in this novel, and not stress about the next one. I can see where the story arc might go, and I've put it on my list to come back to once the series is complete. I'm not feeling it for a Gateway, though. I think maybe because of the genre.
    • 4/5
      This book is both a fun, moving, and engaging story and a biting and creative indictment of cultural appropriation - an impressivly well-executed combination.
    • 3/5
      I liked the Hispanic background to this YA story & the feisty main character Sierra.
    • 4/5
      Sierra Santiago is commissioned to paint a mural, and has no idea that it will literally change her life. Because right about the time she starts, her abuelo who hasn't been coherent since his stroke, tells her she has to finish it and get help from a boy named Robbie - and something about shadowshapers, which her mom balks at as soon as Sierra asks. Meanwhile, people are coming after her and asking about Lucera. Sierra's in a race against time to learn about the shadowshapers and the mysterious anthropologist Dr. Wick before they're all killed.Inventive fantasy with diverse characters and a heroine that's easy to route for make this an excellent pick for teen fantasy fans. I enjoyed the world-building, the pacing was perfect and I stayed up late finishing it because I just had to know what happened next. Looking forward to seeing where the rest of the trilogy takes me.
    • 3/5
      This young adult fantasy novel is set in Brooklyn and features a teenager named Sierra who discovers that her family is able to communicate with the spirit world through art. And it is up to her to save her family and community from an anthropologist who has learned their secrets and is now turning the spirits against them. The book is full of humor, truly sinister monsters, and believable world building.It’s good in weaving traditional YA fantasy tropes in with Caribbean folklore and a young woman of color as the protagonist. It also works as a metaphor for contemporary issues such as gentrification and cultural appropriation
    • 5/5
      What really sets this book apart from all the YA fiction currently popular is its extraordinary work with sociolect. Every single popular, but potentially unfamiliar, turn of phrase and neologism is framed in a way that makes the meaning and usage clear even to those of us who don't Twitter because reasons. The writing quality is overall high - minimal exposition, maximal dialogue, intriguing descriptions - but this freshness and clarity in the use of multiple layers of culturally specific verbal exchanges is exceptional.The folklore around which the story builds is wonderfully original; the antagonist is not yet fully dimensional, but this is conspicuously written as the beginning of a series, so the richness of the protagonists is enough for this volume. Sierra, the main character, is full of entirely believable conflicting impulses, admirable curiosity and tenacity, and a strength that makes her far more lovable than the mere 'grrl power' types: she is fully invested in each of the circles she intersects, loving and protective, uncertain of her own direction but certain of what matters to her: family, friends, art, and hope. Such is the quality of her character, the richness and relatability of her companions' interests and choices, and the excellence and cohesion of the language that its technological moment will not tie it to this time alone.10/10 will read sequels and recommend. It's been a while since I read a book too good to keep: I'll get the fifteenth anniversary edition or something, but my copy needs to be in another reader's hands right now.
    • 4/5
      I know I'm way late in reading this but OH MY GOD IT'S SO GOOD?????!!

      Like everything about this story was amazing and wonderful. Not only is it beautifully diverse, lovingly detailed and skillfully constructed, it's immensely, enjoyably readable. Older describes a Brooklyn as magical and complex as any make-believe kingdom and his characters belong so totally to their surroundings. Older writes characters who are intricately, sometimes painfully, connected to their pasts, their home, their cultures, their legacies. And the magic Older creates is a magic so incredibly important and so unfortunately rare in YA fantasy. Older's magic system is one of connections, one of responsibility and love and care and determination to stand against oppression and marginalization. It's a magic the characters gain from their ancestors, from their histories--both personal and cultural. It's a magic born of sadness and determination and, above all, love.

      Sierra and her friends feel unbelievably real to me. I'm not from Brooklyn but I grew up nearby and spent lots of time in New York City. Older has the cadence of the city down pat; his characters speak with grit and musicality and their humor and friendships are all amazingly and respectfully drawn. The complex relationships Sierra has with her family are all gently explored and presented and her romance with Robbie is never overwhelming or forced. Older can write teens SO WELL!!

      I'm sad it took me so long to get to this book, but on the plus side....no waiting for the sequel!!
    • 5/5
      I keep starting this review, erasing it, and typing again. It's because I want to squee and tell you it was awesome, with a lot of caps and repeated vowels, but I also want to tell you seriously why I think you need to read this book.

      I guess I'll start with the simple parts: that it's YA and urban fantasy and that it does both very well. It blends modern graffiti art with Caribbean magic and delivers both to us via teenaged Sierra Santiago. Sierra is Afro-Latina with natural hair and a huge amount of talent--both painting and magic. She knows about the first but wasn't aware of the second until graffiti paintings started crying and her near-comatose grandfather started giving her eerie and mysterious warnings.

      Now, Sierra. I want to go all caps on you here. Daniel José Older writes these amazing teenaged girls (Sierra and Kia from his short stories and books and wow would it be cool if they met) who are the kind of girls I'd hope to raise and who I once wanted to be. Sierra comes up against a lot of shit in her life, and it isn't that the shit doesn't get her down, it's that she doesn't allow it to get into her brain and keep her down. I love that she does that, that she is so aware of her own value that she can do that. And I always love a character who is loyal to her friends and family and who demands loyalty in return.

      Something else about DJO's books is that the city or neighborhood is almost always a character of its own, and I felt the same way about this book. Especially since the murals had such importance to the story and to the characters.

      Tied to both the characters and the setting are inescapable real-world problems. Sierra deals with racism, both from within and without her community. And when I say deals with, I mean this is her life, this is her experience and the experience of so many like her, and it's as much a part of this story's New York as is the subway (as it is a part of our society).

      This book was so great. I loved it from beginning to end.
    • 3/5
      Another YA fantasy book with female lead. Creative.
    • 4/5
      I was pleasantly surprised by this book! When reading the synopsis, I wasn't sold on the concept behind Shadowshaping and how it all worked. However, WOW WOW WOW! What amazing cultural folklore - I WISH THIS STUFF WERE TRUE! The connections with culture, loving yourself, and knowing who you are is vital, and Sierra embraces it all so strongly. Highly recommend!
    • 4/5
      Shadowshaper, the first in a series by Daniel José Older, published 2015, is an urban fantasy set in Brooklyn, New York and is a young adult novel featuring a diverse group of people. Sierra Santiago, is an Afro Boricura who is starting summer vacation working on a mural on the tower, a half finished high rise. Sierra discovers that her family can interact with the spirit world through art. The family is being threatened by this white man who is taking over the spirits. Sierra is a young women who is comfortable with herself. She loves her hair, her skin and her family. The book is a bit slow to engage with and has been criticized for inadequate plot but it achieved a lot of recognition never the less. I enjoyed listening to it. There is quite a bit of Spanish and it was fun to recognize some of the words but that and the rapid speech added to some difficulty following the storyline but after awhaile that got easier as it usualaly does. I read this because it is tagged urban fantasy and that was a good fit. I doubt that I will read further in the series but I enjoyed the first book.
    • 4/5
      I'm neither a fan of urban fiction, nor of low-fantasy. So, I am NOT the intended demographic of this novel. That being said, it's nice to find fantasy that says "fuck off" to the great white savior. I can appreciate this book for its beauty and unique perspective on life and art. It was enjoyable, though I will not be continuing the series.
    • 5/5
      This is one hell of a series starter. Sierra discovers a family heritage she didn't know she had, and along with a motley crew of friends and relatives, explores a new world of magic and spirits.Oh how simple that plot can be boiled down to, but this is a really good book, and the plot itself is intricate and beautifully done. Every single time I thought "Oh noes, I see what's coming..." something else did. Even when the protagonist was merrily agreeing with me on what was probably going on, nope, we were both wrong. Furthermore ,it's well written, the characters are well rounded, self-consistent and diverse. If you'd like to read some contemporary Urban Fantasy, I highly recommend this. It's a YA book, but only as much as say, Fool's Assassin is. Or the Paksenarrion books. Or Star Wars for that matter. Any regular YA fantasy reader will be right at home, but as someone who generally doesn't read YA other than things I am reading with my daughter, I can still recommend this.Sierra's voice, and those of her crew of minions, comes across as utterly authentic. The way second and third generation immigrant kids wander between languages, often in the same sentence. There's a lot of sharp observation of the dynamics of immigrant families in general, easily observed when you are one, under the surface when you're not. The way the first generation clings in so many ways to the old country, while the second rejects it, trying to be as assimilated as possible (and yet, betrayed by their culture in a million ways), and by the third gen, how there's often an uneasy middle ground. Sierra runs up against both the wall of her Puerto Rican grandfather's antiquated ideas of gender politics, and her mother's wholesale rejection of "the old ways" right alongside her aunt's blatant racism, and that's just in her own family. Also the interaction between the group of teenagers. These are smart, witty, sassy kids, of course they are, it's a YA fantasy novel, but they each have a distinct voice and point of view, without falling into having everyone talk like the writers of the Gilmore Girls or Dawson's Creek wrote their dialogue. They're sloppy, they screw up, they're constantly-but jokingly-insulting each other, only to pull together like a fortified wall when an outsider threatens one of them. And they respect each others opinions, and don't always agree, something you rarely see in a book but I see all the time with my own kids and their friends.And there's a wee romance, but there is no instalove or declaration of undying devotion. It's an unsure exploration of a possibility by a girl and a boy who aren't in the slightest bit sure what they're doing with each other yet, or what is coming next, and I thought it was pretty charming.I could write quite an essay about all this, but I'll just point out this is well written and I liked it. That might seem obvious, but I didn't only like it because the main characters are all kinds of shades of brown. The fact it's unusually representative of the #WeNeedDiverseBooks campaign is a bonus - tokenism and poorly written representation is, to be honest, worse than none at all. Google "Urban Music" and you get... hip hop. The music of the minority, inner city youth. Google "Urban Fiction" and you get... street lit. "Focussed on the dark side of city living", hip hop in fiction form. Google "Urban Fashion" what do you get? Hip hop fashion. Oddly the music and fashion (I don't know so much about the fiction) share an amazingly similar aesthetic in inner-city Stockholm and inner-city New York. The slinky folksy rhythms of Timbuktu from Sweden and the down-tempo electronic trip-hop of Tricky from the UK don't sound much like the Wu-Tang clan at all, but they're all recognisably part of a continuum (ok, my hip-hop references are out of date, deal with it :) Globalisation at work? Sure, it's partly that, but it's also simply that something in the very spirit of these art forms seems to speak to the same kind of kids, no matter which big city you're in. Urban is it's own aesthetic, in almost any art form around. Why then, is "Urban fantasy" a bunch of primarily middle class white dudes (ok, and some chicks) wielding primarily European based magic and interacting with European archetypes of fantasy. The fae. Vampires. Werewolves. Oh sure there's exceptions, but there's a definite template. Older purposefully set out to represent *his* urban experience, which is quite a different one, and he's done a fantastic job. There's not many books I hand on to my (Kiwi-Swedish immigrant child) daughter these days and practically force her to read, she's 16 and definitely has her own tastes, but this was one. And she promptly handed it off to her (Venezuelan) boyfriend, so that'll be an interesting report when I hear back, but books I recommend to her that she actually loves and recommends on are an even rarer thing!
    • 3/5
      Sierra is a high school student and an artist, working on a huge mural on the side of a building. But soon strange things are happening. The murals on other buildings are fading and crying. Her grandpa, having had a stroke the previous year, is talking again and saying things that really don’t make sense, and then Sierra starts to see things. Trying to ferret out the truth is nearly impossible but extremely important, especially if she wants to go on living. A fast read with an interesting plot aimed at young adults, the dialogue may have you wishing that the author had written it with less slang. Still, teens who read fantasy will enjoy the original storyline.
    • 4/5
      Sierra is a buddy artist. Little does she know that she can use her art to connect to the spiritworld as a Shadowshaper. Her family is not just Puerto Rican, she comes from a long line of shadowshapers, people who can connect and work with spirits. When someone begins murdering the shadowshapers and after an oddly lucid conversation with her grandfather, Sierra stumbles upon the plot and enlists her friends to try to stop it. A quick, action-packed read.
    • 4/5
      Narrated by Annika Noni Rose. Awesome, a horror story that features all dynamic characters of color, infuses the paranormal with cultural authenticity (Puerto Rican), and is shivery scary! Rose brings the chill to the shadow shapers' voices and portrays Sierra and her friends with Nuyorican Bronx tenacity. Plus Rose's production company has purchased the movie rights! This defiinitely has big-screen potential...