Shadows
Sep 2013 · Dijual oleh Penguin
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From the Newbery-winning author of The Hero and the Crown comes a “complex and intriguing” (The Horn Book) novel set in a dangerously unstable world where neither science nor magic has the necessary answers, but a truce between the two seems impossible.
“Exciting action, lovable characters, and witty dialogue.”—School Library Journal
Maggie knows there’s something off about Val, her mom’s new husband. It’s not only that he’s from Oldworld, where they still use magic, and won’t have any tech in his office-shed behind the house. But what are the huge, horrible, jagged, jumpy shadows that follow him around? And why is her dog not bothered by them?
Newworld is all about science—you’re expected to give up fairy tales as soon as you’re old enough to read them for yourself—and magic is illegal. In Newworld the magic-carrying gene was disabled two generations ago—mostly. Maggie’s best friend Jill has some foresight, and Maggie’s great-grandmother was a notable magician. But that was a long time ago.
Then Maggie meets Casimir, the most beautiful boy she’s ever seen. He’s from Oldworld too—and he’s heard of Maggie’s stepfather, and has a guess about Val’s shadows. Maggie doesn’t want to know . . . until events force her to depend on Val and his shadows. And perhaps on her own heritage.
“Exciting action, lovable characters, and witty dialogue.”—School Library Journal
Maggie knows there’s something off about Val, her mom’s new husband. It’s not only that he’s from Oldworld, where they still use magic, and won’t have any tech in his office-shed behind the house. But what are the huge, horrible, jagged, jumpy shadows that follow him around? And why is her dog not bothered by them?
Newworld is all about science—you’re expected to give up fairy tales as soon as you’re old enough to read them for yourself—and magic is illegal. In Newworld the magic-carrying gene was disabled two generations ago—mostly. Maggie’s best friend Jill has some foresight, and Maggie’s great-grandmother was a notable magician. But that was a long time ago.
Then Maggie meets Casimir, the most beautiful boy she’s ever seen. He’s from Oldworld too—and he’s heard of Maggie’s stepfather, and has a guess about Val’s shadows. Maggie doesn’t want to know . . . until events force her to depend on Val and his shadows. And perhaps on her own heritage.
From the Newbery-winning author of The Hero and the Crown comes a “complex and intriguing” (The Horn Book) novel set in a dangerously unstable world where neither science nor magic has the necessary answers, but a truce between the two seems impossible.
“Exciting action, lovable characters, and ...
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Robin McKinley has won various awards and citations for her writing, including the Newbery Medal for The Hero and the Crown and a Newbery Honor for The Blue Sword, both about the magical country of Damar. Her other books include Chalice; Dragonhaven; two novel-length retellings of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, Beauty and Rose Daughter; Deerskin, which was inspired by the Perrault fairy tale Donkeyskin; a retelling of the Robin Hood legend, The Outlaws of Sherwood; Spindle’s End, a retelling of Sleeping Beauty; and two volumes of Tales of Elemental Spirits, Fire and Water (with Peter Dickinson). Her Imaginary Lands won the World Fantasy Award for best anthology and her novel Sunshine won the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature. Robin lives in England with her husband, the English writer Peter Dickinson, two hellhounds, a hellterror, an 1897 Steinway upright, and too many rosebushes.
Robin McKinley has won various awards and citations for her writing, including the Newbery Medal for The Hero and the Crown and a Newbery Honor for The Blue Sword, both about the magical country of Damar. Her other books include Chalice; Dragonhaven; two novel-length retellings of the fairy tale ...
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