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Chasing Shadows
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Chasing Shadows is a Young Adult novel by Swati Avasthi that's told in alternating prose chapters and comic book pages.Savitri, Holly, and Holly's twin Corey are a crowd of three that do everything together, from parkour to reading superhero comics. But in one life-changing moment, Holly and Corey's car is shot up by a wiry-looking gang member. Now Savitri is grieving, Holly is in a coma, and Corey is dead—but when Holly comes out of the coma, she reveals strange visions of the land of the dead, and her own role as a budding superhero.Drawing on Savitri's namesake of the perfect wife who managed to outfox Yama, Holly is convinced that together, she and Savitri can bring Corey back to life and escape the snake demon Kortha. But there's a fine line between devotion, grief, and madness, and Savitri must decide whether to hang on or to let go. | |
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Mental Health Recovery Arc | |
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Mental Health Recovery Arc: The book follows Holly's increasingly fantastic attempts to do this by saving Corey, and Savitri's confused attempt to help and stick with her friend. It isn't until the last fourth that she's able to properly grieve after being hospitalized, and Savitri realizes the best things she can do for her own health is to let Holly go. | |
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Everybody Hates Hades | |
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Everybody Hates Hades: Played with. Yama in Hindu mythology is a benevolent death deity who presides over justice and was willing to give the mythological Savitri extra time with her husband when she tricked him. In Holly's visions, Kortha plays it straight as a twisted serpentine death god who never makes fair deals. | |
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Sadly Mythtaken | |
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Sadly Mythtaken: In-universe. After the extent of Holly's psychosis is revealed, Savitri and her mom comment on how Kortha is nothing like the benevolent Yama. | |
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The Hero Dies | |
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The Hero Dies: In-universe, the fictional superheroine The Leopardess dies in the final issue of her comic. | |
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The Dragon | |
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The Dragon: Holly sees Wiry as an agent of Kortha's who killed her brother on his behalf. Ends up subverted, as Wiry wanted to frame a local gang for the shooting and had nothing to do with Holly's beliefs. | |
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Le Parkour | |
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Le Parkour: All three kids are parkouring experts, and Holly and Savitri use the skill to their advantage in trailing Wiry. | |
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If You Kill Him, You Will Be Just Like Him! | |
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If You Kill Him, You Will Be Just Like Him!: Holly's visions show her that Savitri killing Wiry would make her just as bad, at least to Kortha, and she pleads with her not to do it. | |
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Through the Eyes of Madness | |
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Through the Eyes of Madness: Holly's chapters delve into her increasingly-fragile mental state as her visions and mental health worsen, culminating in bringing Savitri close to death in the hopes she can bring Corey out with her. | |
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Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! | |
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Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Savitri and Holly trying to bring Wiry in on their own results in much worry for their families and Wiry knowing how to track them down. | |
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Doing In the Wizard | |
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Doing In the Wizard: Eventually it becomes clear that the supernatural occurrences are part of Holly's illness, not reality. | |
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Refusal of the Call | |
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Refusal of the Call: Ultimately, Savitri refuses to go along with Holly's plan to bring Corey back, choosing life by walking away. | |
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Big Bad | |
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Big Bad: Kortha, a snake-like death god, accepts "deliveries" of the dead from agents like Wiry and is always keeping Corey just out of Holly's reach. Ends up subverted as he's not real. | |
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Medium Blending | |
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Medium Blending: The story is told mainly in prose, with comic book pages for Holly's visions and nightmares. | |
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Only Known by Their Nickname | |
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Only Known by Their Nickname: The gang member that shot up Corey's car is referred to as "Wiry" for much of the book. | |
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The Cavalry | |
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The Cavalry: Just when it looks like Wiry's about to get away with knowledge of how to find Savitri and Holly, Holly's dad and other police show up to arrest him. | |
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Doing In the Wizard / int_b5d8b6f5 | |
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Everybody Hates Hades / int_b5d8b6f5 | |
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Le Parkour / int_b5d8b6f5 | |
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Medium Blending / int_b5d8b6f5 | |
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Mental Health Recovery Arc / int_b5d8b6f5 | |
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Sadly Mythtaken / int_b5d8b6f5 | |
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The Cavalry / int_b5d8b6f5 | |
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Through the Eyes of Madness / int_b5d8b6f5 | |
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Young Adult Literature / int_b5d8b6f5 |
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