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The Shadow Cipher (York, #1)

Laura Ruby

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Jun 28, 2017 Jessica rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction, middle-grade, library

I'm not the sort of person who refers to books at "tales" or calls myself (or other authors) a "storyteller." I'm a writer. You're a writer. We're writers. Authors or writers.

Except for Laura Ruby. Nope, she's a storyteller. This is a wonderful story, unlike anything you've seen before, and she's telling it to you. I feel the same way about her wonderful, award-winning BONE GAP. Years later I still remember that story. Not the words. The story. This is the same. I don't really remember the words ...more

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Jul 18, 2017 GraceAnne rated it it was amazing

A story that flows like water, and you are caught up in it and can't stop. Three impossibly engaging young people - and a fourth. A New York City clearly beloved and known, but transmogrified. The Underway (Subway) has all the right names and stops, but it goes places in interesting ways. The sidewalks glow at night from the solar panels beneath them. The elevator in their upper West Side building can go sideways. Tess and Theo, and Jaime, each have both skills and gifts, engaging families, and ...more

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Feb 21, 2019 Jess rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, alternate-history

A fascinating alternate-history mystery, with a few things solved and lots left unresolved for the next book. Recommended for fans of mysteries and adventure/fantasy with good world-building.

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