But-more importantly-what are the huge, horrible, jagged, jumpy shadows following him around? Magic is illegal in Newworld, which is all about. Val is from Oldworld, where they still use magic, and he won't have any tech in his office-shed behind the house. 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 Maggie knows something's off about Val, her mom's new husband. But-more importantly-what are the huge, horrible, jagged, jumpy shadows following him around? Magic is illegal in Newworld, which is all about science. And although the two are supposed to be incompatible, Maggie’s discovering the world will need both to survive.Description for Shadows Paperback. In this dangerously unstable world, neither science nor magic has the necessary answers, but a truce between them is impossible. 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.
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. 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 fantasy titles Beauty, Chalice, Spindle’s End, Pegasus and Sunshine
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