Elizabeth Gilbert's Reviews > Shadowshine: An Animal Adventure

I rarely discover a book that completely engages me in its story and characters, while making me stop and think about underlying issues at the same time. "Shadowshine" did that and more. Both adult and more mature young adult readers will enjoy the adventure and fall in love with many of the main characters, but they'll also come away (as I did) with a new-found respect for nature and a deep concern about how systematically humans are destroying it. Dr. Armstrong's first novel should be on the shelves of public and school libraries and in the hands of all public and private wildlife conservation group members. "Shadowshine" is a cautionary tale beautifully told.