Shadow

by Mere Joyce

Overview

Fourteen-year-old Preston Craft is organizing a film festival for his school's film club when a crime occurs.

One of the films goes missing two days before the festival begins, Preston is convinced it was stolen and is determined to get it back. The only indication of the theft is a suspicious shadow that Preston noticed right before he discovered the film was gone—but Preston is legally blind and no one quite believes him. However, not unlike the gritty private eyes in the classic black-and-white films he adores, Preston refuses to give up. Can he solve the mystery based on such a shady clue?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781459816466
Publisher:	Orca Book Publishers
Publication date:	01/30/2018
Series:	Orca Currents Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	112
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Mere Joyce writes short stories as well as novels and holds a Master of Library and Information Science from the University of Western Ontario. As both a writer and a librarian, she understands the importance of reading and the impact the right story can have on young minds. She lives in Post Road, Nova Scotia with her family.

Editorial Reviews

"The book is easy to follow and has a moral about letting people that we perceive as having a 'disability' make their own choices."

School Library Connection

"Shadow would be a great resource for those looking for an item that highlights diversity or trying to target a young reader who has an interest in cinema and film. The first person narration helps draw readers into the action and moves the story forward at a steady pace…Shadow is a great book that offers an engaging complexity within a small, accessible format."

CM: Canadian Review of Materials

"Shadow would be a great resource for those looking for an item that highlights diversity or trying to target a young reader who has an interest in cinema and film. The first person narration helps draw readers into the action and moves the story forward at a steady pace…Shadow is a great book that offers an engaging complexity within a small, accessible format."

CM Magazine

02/01/2018
Gr 6 Up—The series, which focuses on contemporary issues, continues with four new installments. In order to attend camp, Max must help out with his brother Duncan, who has autism, while dealing with his mother's new boyfriend in Camped Out. In Winter Road, Kat is coping with the loss of her father and recent diabetes diagnosis while on a long-distance trucking job with her mother. When a mysterious truck nearly runs over Dylan in Payback, he gets sucked into the crime that he accidentally witnessed. In Shadow, Preston, who is legally blind, must find out who erased a film that was to be screened at his upcoming festival. Each book features characters dealing with authentic real-world issues, like living with disabilities and challenging relationships with parents. The writing is straightforward with uncomplicated, short sentences, but each plotline is immersive. VERDICT Written between a third and fourth grade reading level, this series will particularly appeal to middle school hi-lo readers.

School Library Journal