Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City

How many times have you passed a building or signs and barely noticed it, let alone looked at it? Have you ever thought about what's actually beneath your house? Do you ever feel like you don't fit in anywhere? If you answer any of these questions daily, Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City by Krisin Miller is definitely worth checking out.

Meet Ananka Fishbien, a curious, giant-squid loving, home library owning twelve year old girl, who's life has been nothing but uneventful and boring. That is, until she decides to follow her curiosity and explore a giant sinkhole that appeared overnight outside her apartment in New York. After investigating and finding a secret ladder underneath a trap door, Ananka knows she's found a giant secret. Then a mysterious girl in her class with snow-white hair intrigues her during school when she announced that she wanted to be dangerous when she grew up. After many tried attempts at following this girl, Ananka discovers that her name is Kiki Strike, but that's all. Until, that is, Kiki invites her along to some Girl Scout meetings, finding some girls with very special talents. Soon, the Irregulars are formed, and Ananka's sinkhole secret is revealed to be the Shadow City, an underground labyrinth used by thieves and smugglers. Their plans are to map out and explore this City, but with so little known about Kiki Strike, is she hiding something vital from the other Irregulars?

This book is fast-paced, exciting, and unpredictable, all coming together to tell the story of Kiki Strike and the Irregulars. Kristen Miller creates a new level of imagination and excitement so cool that you won't be able to put this book down!

Is there something dreadful hidden inside the Shadow City? Will Ananka's parents ever know where she goes? Is it possible this book will be even better than I make it sound? Well, read Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City by Kristin Miller and answer those questions yourself.