Description
In this novella sequel to the New York Timesâ"bestselling Shadowshaper, a couple is reunited by a missing black girl, a ghost haunting a newspaper office.Trying to shake off the strange malaise that separates her from even her girlfriend Izzy, Tee decides to take over the
Bed-Stuy Searchlight for the summer. But then she finds an alluring violet dress in the newspaper office, and a cute ghost girl no one else can see.
Izzy can tell Tee's drifting away from her -- she misses Izzy's shows and skips shadowshaper practice -- and she won't stand for it. Yet when a girl goes missing in Bed-Stuy, Izzy needs Tee to get the word out and help investigate. Can they break through their distance and reconnect before someone else dies?
Reviews for the
New York Timesâ"bestsellingShadowshaper:
âMagnificent.â --
New York Times Book ReviewâA must.â --
Kirkus ReviewsâExceptional.â --
Publishers WeeklyâSmart writing with a powerful message that never overwhelms the terrific storytelling.â --
BooklistâJoyful and assertive and proud, and makes me want to read everything else of Older's, for more of these voices, connections and lives.â -- National Public Radio