The Author of secrets in the shadows is Anne Schraff. The subject of this story is about love, loving someone that can be your everything or can not be your everything you just won’t ever know. In this story its rough stage to go through with loving someone and fighting for love. Have you ever felt like you don’t know what to do in life? There’s so much drama going on, that you think you should cave in? No friends? Ever felt like you saw the most beautiful person in the world; in school or even on your block? This book Secrets of the Shadow, is very interesting. Many secrets are in this book, even against the narrator. The narrator can get into trouble through the law for the secret he does not want to tell anyone. He see’s a girl in his high school that is so beautiful. He tries to talk to her and he likes her, but he doesn’t know the truth about her. Is she Keeping a secret away from him? His only friends are an old man who he’s known since he was a little kid, playing with toy cars.Through the years, they’re friendship falls little by little; while the narrator Roylin goes through his issues .What does Roylin do? Would he mess up his friendship for a girl? Would he go too far for this girl? Will he make any friends? So many questions we can ask but all answers can’t be answered if you haven’t even read this book yet . I say read this book, you’ll enjoy it like its food. Theres no difference it’s something you will be shocked to read about what can we say not everything has an happy ending. Try to Connect to your life while you reading, and maybe you’ll come upon something thats happen to you.Therefore I say read this book, read story about love, a friendship, a mystery you will be shocked about you just never know do you.