On her 12th birthday, Princess Sylviianel is ceremonially bound to her own Pegasus, Ebon. For 1000 years humans & pegasi have lived in the beautiful green country beyond the wild lands. They rely on human magicians & pegasi shamans as their only means of real communication - but not Sylvi & Ebon. But as their bond grows, it becomes dangerous.

Shadows is a compelling and inventive novel set in a world where science and magic are at odds, by Robin McKinley, the Newbery-winning author of The Hero and the Crown and The Blue Sword, as well as the classic titles Beauty, Chalice, Spindle's End, Pegasus and Sunshine Maggie knows something's off about Val, her mom's new husband. Val is from Oldworld, where they still use magic, and he won't have any tech in his office-shed behind the house. But-more importantly-what are the huge, horrible, jagged, jumpy shadows following him around? Magic is illegal in Newworld, which is all about science....