Karen Carr
ASIN: B004LDL8WG
Publisher: Muletown Press
Pages: 228
When twelve-year-old Emison’s mom turns into a shadow and vanishes through their Windermere apartment wall, Emison’s well-ordered reality changes forever. She embarks upon a journey into a mysterious shadow world, a dark reproduction of the Hyde Park and Chicago neighborhoods where she lives. Emison encounters an evil gang of color scientists called the Chromatics who study at the University of Chicago. She battles them from the shadow version of her University High school, to the murky version of the Planetarium and Field Museum on Chicago’s lakefront. Emison must navigate the strange new world and her own insecurities to rescue her mom from the evil gang of scientists. Her plan unravels when she changes into a flat-black shadow, and descends into the pitch-black land of darkness. To succeed in her quest, she must trust her friends and follow her instincts, which have always been ...