Schattenlicht
2026
cbj
About the book:
English title: Shadowlight
Author: Yasmin Shakarami
ISBN: 978-3-570-16736-6
464 pages
published 11.03.2026
Although Billie met gorgeous Jamie only eight months ago, she knows he’s her one true love. The idea of being away from this charming Canadian is simply unbearable. So, Billie decides to spend her last year of school abroad in Canada, at her Aunt Flo’s in Maple Ridge, a small town surrounded by misty mountains and deep forest. The moment she arrives though; Billie meets a mysterious boy called Tristan. At first, she’s scared of him – after all, his nickname is Zombie Boy – but then she learns that a recent head injury has left him completely changed. As friendship blossoms between Billie and Tristan, Billie’s relationship with Jamie suffers, and Jamie’s fairytale-prince-image begins to crumble. When Billie begins to suspect Jamie had something to do with a local girl’s disappearance, things take an even darker turn. The inhabitants of Maple Ridge are terrified, and Billie is the only one close to discovering the truth.
About the author:
Yasmin Shakarami (b. Munich, 1991) is half-Hungarian and half-Iranian. In 2010, she went to live in Tokyo for a while, and subsequently studied Philosophy and Ethics in Munich. After graduating with an MA, she founded a school for German language, literature and philosophy in Vancouver. She now lives in Munich again, and is the winner of the city’s 2021 Literature Scholarship. Her debut novel, "Tokyo Rain", was an instant bestseller and has already been translated into several languages.
Awards:
Debut Novel, Tokioregen (Tokyo Rain) was winner of the DELIA Literature Prize 2024 in the Young Love category
2nd Novel, Sturmflirren (Storm Flickers) was winner of the Salon5 young adult book prize in the Feelings category
Tokyo Rain has been sold in 10 languages: Bulgarian, French, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovakian, Spanish, Ukrainian
For further information please feel free to contact:
Leah Francis
Foreign Rights Manager Children's and YA
at Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe GmbH
(imprints: cbj, cbt, Prestel Junior, Basserman and Penguin Junior, Tulipan)
E-Mail: [email protected]