Sierra is Puerto Rican, and it opens up with her painting a mural on the side of an abandon building in her neighborhood. She's spunky and has some colorful, but great friends. There's a new guy in town, Robbie, who is also an artist. Before heading out for the summer's first party, she goes to check in on her grandfather, who recently had a stroke and hasn't really talked much. He keeps telling her he's sorry, he so sorry. She tries to get her Abuelo La'zaro to tell her what he's sorry about and gets this cryptic message to finish the mural quickly... because they're coming... you must do it quickly... the shadowshapers are coming - and then weirdly he tells her to get Robbie to help her finish. He doesn't even know Robbie!
Sierra goes to the party and finds Robbie, and, as she's explaining how she needs his help, a super creepy guy shows up at the party. Robbie tells her to run and hide because they're already here. She has no idea what's going on and suddenly the creepy guy starts calling her name. She ends up losing him, but not after being completely confused by what's happening.
I won't give away too much more, but know that she does do her research - good girl, Sierra! Lots of cultural myths woven in the story line. I honestly thought I had already read this year's spooky title, but this one will definitely be a favorite for those wanting something scary. I definitely recommend this book title for a middle school library collection, and will have no problems suggesting it as a great Sequoyah read this year.
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