Shadowshaper

The following materials bring books to life and support both individual and group literature study. Use these resources to draw real-world connections, plan interdisciplinary lessons, inspire unique research projects, create enrichment activities, and support differentiated instruction.

• “Interview with Author and BookUp Instructor Daniel José Older.”

A National Book Foundation interview with the author about the thought and inspiration behind Shadowshaper.

• “Imagining Possible Futures: Afrofuturism and Social Critique in Daniel José Older’s Shadowshaper”

Article in Children’s Literature academic journal about the larger social critiques in Older’s novel.

• “Rethinking Research: Reading and Writing about the Roots of Gentrification”

This English Journal article covers the contents and methods of a “gentrification unit” the writer used with her high school students.

• The Transformative Power of Street Art

A curated list of TED Talks on how street art can have a positive social impact.

• Daniel Jose Older on Shadowshaper and Diverse Books,

Excerpt from a 2015 presentation at Princeton University about the author’s desire to shift the paradigm in the YA fantasy market.