Lost Shadows

[image error]Erin Row just won the Canadian Children's Literature Award for a book with a premise that has deep roots in adult literature.  Peter Schlemihl loses his shadow, as does Hans Christian Andersen's learned man in "The Shadow," along with Hofmannsthal's Frau ohne Schatten.  And of course Peter Pan leaves his shadow in the Darling nursery and has to have it refastened.

Plain Kate, aimed at readers aged 11 and up, follows the adventures of an orphan who makes a deal with a stranger, trading her shadow for a chance to fulfil her deepest wish.

 http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2011/1…