Shadowshaper (the Shadowshaper Cypher, Book 1)

The joyful, bold New York Times bestseller. Look for the sequel, Shadowhouse Fall, out 9/12/2017!

"Magnificent." --Holly Black, New York Times Book Review

"A must." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"Exceptional." --Publishers Weekly, starred review

Sierra Santiago planned an easy summer of making art and hanging out with her friends. But then a corpse crashes their first party. Her stroke-ridden grandfather starts apologizing over and over. And when the murals in her neighborhood begin to weep 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 magic that infuses ancestral spirits into paintings, music, and stories. But someone is killing the shadowshapers one by one. Now Sierra must unravel her family's past, take down the killer in the present, and save the future of shadowshaping for generations to come.