Inside the Shadow City

Life will never be the same for Ananka Fishbein after she ventures into an enormous sinkhole near her New York City apartment. Ananka knows she has stumbled upon a big secret, but she has no idea exactly how big. Not only does she discover the Shadow City beneath Manhattan's bustling streets, she meets the mysterious Kiki Strike, a black-clad, Vespa-riding, cafe-au-lait-drinking girl who seems to appear and vanish like magic.

A million rats, delinquent Girl Scouts, and a secret underground labyrinth combine in this remarkable novel about a darker side of New York City you have only just begun to know about .. .