Shadows Cast By Stars -

Catherine Knutsson

Atheneum

2012

320 páginas

10h 40m

ISBN-13: 9781442401914

Two hundred years from now, the great cities of the west coast of the
United Americas are under water. Blood has become the most valuable
commodity on the planet – especially the blood of aboriginal peoples, for
it contains antigens that protect them from the plagues that ravage the
rest of the world.

Sixteen year old Cassandra Mecredi might be aboriginal by blood, but
without a totem animal, she cannot make sense of her visions or walk the
paths of the spirit world. When her family is forced to leave their
reservation, they flee east to the Island: a mysterious and idyllic
territory free from the depredations of industry and sickness and under
the control of the Band, a group of guerrilla warriors. There, Cassandra
will become the apprentice to a wise woman, fall in love, and find her
destiny when the creatures of spirit claim her as their own. For the
spirit world is angry... and they have chosen Cassandra to be their voice
and instrument.