The Shade We Carry
Nathaniel Sandoval · A young adult magical-realist novel of borderland heat, belonging and shared sanctuary
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A supernatural refuge from deadly heat can survive only if Ryan opens it to everyone in danger—even an enemy.
Seventeen-year-old Ryan Cox is earning his way out of a Sonoran border town when he and preservation apprentice John Roberts remove living shade from a condemned desert refuge. They graft the phenomenon onto a struggling washhouse, creating the town’s sole supernatural place to cool down. As a developer tries to take control of the land beneath the washhouse, Ryan must defend access for everyone at risk in the heat—and work out whether leaving home has to mean abandoning it.
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- Nathaniel Sandoval
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- 71,450 words
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- 4 hours, 46 minutes
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- English
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