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Brief Summary Of Shadowshaper By Daniel Jose

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The book “Shadowshaper” by Daniel Jose, is a diverse urban fantasy novel that takes place in Brooklyn. The story begins with Sierra Santiago an Afro-Latino, who was painting a mural on an abandoned building when all of the sudden the mural started fading too quickly, the faces on mural started shifting from happy to terror, some of them shedding tears. Sierra’s grandfather, Lazaro who can’t talk due to a stroke, tells her the Shadowshaper are coming and she has to finish the murals as quickly as possible. She also needs to find Robbie an artist, who is going to help her. Together, Sierra, Robbie, and her friends unraveling the mystery of Shadowshaper and her family connection to them. The author does a nice job on addressing misogyny and sexism, gentrification, racism. …show more content…

For example, when her aunt finds out Sierra is going out with Robbi and she tells Sierra that should not hang out with Robbi because he is darker than her. “If he’s darker than the bottom of your foot, he’s no good for you! (p. 49)”. Her grandfather also believes that girls can’t be Shadowshaper because of the dark legacy that her family members are forbidden to talk of, especially the women of the family. Not only her family was pressuring her but also the world. She was a colored girl with kinky hair and was proud of her root and looks but the world wasn’t accepting who she was. “Not enough milk. Not light enough. Morena. Negra. No matter what she did, that little voice came creeping back, persistent and unsatisfied. Not enough (p.50).” I loved how the author addressed this issue of feeling insecure. Today many dark-skinned women feel they are unattractive because they are not light enough and that white is better. I have a friend of mine who bleaches her own skin to feel beautiful and be accepted to

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