Shadows by Robin Mckinley 356 pages
Maggie knows something's off about Val, her mom's new husband. Val is
from Oldworld, where they still use magic, and he won't have any tech in
his office-shed behind the house. But—more importantly—what are the
huge, horrible, jagged, jumpy shadows following him around? Magic is
illegal in Newworld, which is all about science. The magic-carrying gene
was disabled two generations ago, back when Maggie's great-grandmother
was a notable magician. But that was a long time ago.
Then
Maggie meets Casimir, the most beautiful boy she has 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
earth-shattering events force her to depend on Val and his shadows. And
perhaps on her own heritage.
In this dangerously unstable
world, neither science nor magic has the necessary answers, but a truce
between them is impossible. And although the two are supposed to be
incompatible, Maggie's discovering the world will need both to survive.
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