title: Shadowhunters and Downworlders: A Mortal Instruments Reader
author:  Cassandra Clare 
description: Edited by Mortal Instruments helmer Clare, these 13 nonfiction essays are a companion volume rather than fan-fic extension of her popular series. Chapters range from an exploration of GLBTQ themes to the power of drawing, from (possible) incest to tattoos, and are written by an impressive array of YA authors, including Holly Black, Sara Ryan, and Kami Garcia. The introduction was unavailable at the time of review, so it is hard to know why or how the essays were selected, but Clare does preface each entry with a few adulatory comments. This may not be the book fans are expecting when they pick it up: the essays are literary-criticism-lite treatments of themes and memes, and readers will require familiarity with the Mortal Instruments titles to make heads or tails. On the other hand, the Mortal Instruments series is hugely popular, lending this book interesting potential as a nonfiction text for meeting Common Core standards. Grades 9-12. --Welch, Cindy
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  CONTENTS
  Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy
  The Lost Herondale
  The Whitechapel Fiend
  Nothing but Shadows
  The Evil We Love
  Pale Kings and Princes
  Bitter of Tongue
  The Fiery Trial
  Born to Endless Night
  Angels Twice Descending
  About Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson and
  Robin Wasserman
  
  For all those looking for or looking to be a hero
  like Simon: Here’s to you, saving entire worlds
  (and maybe the galaxy)
  
  Welcome to Shadowhunter
  Academy
  By Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan
  
  Simon looked at her for a long moment. She was so overwhelmingly
  beautiful and impressive, he found it too much to handle.
  —Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy
  
  The problem was tha