Kuhn, Sarah, illustrated by Nicole Goux. Shadow of the Batgirl. 2020. 208p. ISBN 9781401289782. Available in the graphic novels section of the library.
Cassandra doesn't have words to express herself. She doesn't talk at all. Trained from birth to become a skilled assassin for her villainous father, Cassandra experiences a change of heart about being an assassin as a teenager when her next victim appeals to her senses by mentioning the word daughter. That's one of the few words her father uses, but she doesn't quite understand the meaning of it. She decided right then and there to run away from her father and his goons.
She runs into Jackie, owner of a Japanese restaurant, who kindly feeds her. Cassandra then takes refuge in the Gotham library, where she observes Barbara Gordon, the teen librarian, from afar. Slowly, Cassandra begins to better understand the world around her. She is fascinated by the disappearance of Batgirl, who helped solve a wave of crimes a few years ago, but then simply vanished. Cassandra continues to train, but now she wants to help people instead of killing them. She also meets Erik, a high school quarterback who would love nothing more than to stop playing football and instead focus on writing romance.
With Jackie, Barbara, and Erik's help, Cassandra is righting her life and learning what it means to love. But with her father still lurking in the background, can Cassandra inherit the mantle of her favorite superhero and save Gotham from his depradations?
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