Shadowshaper

Paint a mural. Start a battle. Change the world.
Sierra Santiago
planned an easy summer of making art and hanging out with her friends.
But then a corpse crashes the first party of the season. Her
stroke-ridden grandfather starts apologizing over and over. And when the
murals in her neighborhood begin to weep real tears... Well, something
more sinister than the usual Brooklyn ruckus is going on.
With
the help of a fellow artist named Robbie, Sierra discovers
shadowshaping, a thrilling magic that infuses ancestral spirits into
paintings, music, and stories. But someone is killing the shadowshapers
one by one -- and the killer believes Sierra is hiding their greatest
secret. Now she must unravel her family's past, take down the killer in
the present, and save the future of shadowshaping for generations to
come.
Full of a joyful, defiant spirit and writing as luscious as a Brooklyn summer night, Shadowshaper introduces a heroine and magic unlike anything else in fantasy fiction, and marks the YA debut of a bold new voice.