![]() ![]() until earth-shattering events force her to depend on Val and his shadows. He's from Oldworld too-and he's heard of Maggie's stepfather, and has a guess about Val's shadows. Then Maggie meets Casimir, the most beautiful boy she has ever seen. The magic-carrying gene was disabled two generations ago, back when Maggie's great-grandmother was a notable magician. ![]() But-more importantly-what are the huge, horrible, jagged, jumpy shadows following him around? Magic is illegal in Newworld, which is all about science. ![]() Val is from Oldworld, where they still use magic, and he won't have any tech in his office-shed behind the house. Maggie knows something's off about Val, her mom's new husband. Shadows is a compelling and inventive novel set in a world where science and magic are at odds, by Robin McKinley, the Newbery-winning author of The Hero and the Crown and The Blue Sword, as well as the classic titles Beauty, Chalice, Spindle's End, Pegasus and Sunshine ![]()
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