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Synopsis
After bouncing from foster home to foster home since the age of five, almost-eighteen-year-old Maggie Mae Mortensen arrives in Silver City, New Mexico, to finish high school and try to escape her reputation as a trouble-maker, only to face ostracism in her new school and a band of evil Navajo Skinwalkers who want her dead.
Is Shifting appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 13 and up.
Parents should know this YA urban fantasy involves Navajo skinwalkers (dark supernatural entities) hunting the protagonist, with moderate violence and supernatural peril. The foster care background and themes of ostracism may resonate with teens facing similar challenges.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include death, abandonment, and violence.
Who'll love this
Teens will be drawn to Maggie's fight for survival against evil supernatural forces while trying to find her place in a new school and uncover the truth about her past.