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Series
Genie Lo novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
Sixteen-year-old Genie's focus on getting into a top-tier college is destroyed when an enigmatic transfer student, Quentin, helps her transform into a demon-fighter.
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Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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When San Francisco adults forget who they are and mysterious exotic birds flock to the city, twelve-year-old Winston Chu and friends team up to investigate the strange occurrences and face off against Mr. Pang's older magpie-turned-human brother, Mr. Gu.
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Series
Celestial kingdom volume 2
Language
English
Description
"An unspeakable terror is sweeping across the realm as the Celestial Emperor tightens his grip on power. The fragile peace Xingyin fought so hard for when freeing her mother is under threat. Forced to flee her home, Xingyin ventures into the unexplored lands of the Immortal Realm to seek aid in her fight, but, with alliances shifting quicker than the tides, she has to overcome past grudges and enmities to forge a new path forward, seeking aid where...
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Series
Publisher
Kids Core, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Mazu is the goddess of the sea. She protects those sailing on the water. This title explores the goddess's backstory and how and why Chinese people worship her. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject."--
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Series
Publisher
Kids Core, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Huangdi was one of five Divine Emperors. This title explores the god's backstory and how and why Chinese people worship him. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a table of contents, infographics, a glossary, additional resources, and an index."--
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Series
Publisher
Kids Core, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"N�uwa and Fuxi invented marriage. They created humans. This title explores the deities' backstories and how and why Chinese people worship them. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject."--
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Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"As snow quietly covers Dragon City in the final days of the lunar year, patients writhing in pain flock to the hospital. Baffled doctors call upon Zhao Yunlan and his team for help. As the case unfolds, Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan discover that one of the Four Hallowed Artifacts, the Merit Brush, has appeared in the Mortal Realm. In the wrong hands, its power can be transformative. While each step toward the artifact only pulls the pair deeper into...
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Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"When her beloved lăolao can't attend the Spring Lantern Festival, Lili is taken on a Chinese mythology-inspired adventure as she drifts off to sleep, where she finally gets to see the one person she wants to see most"--
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Manchuria, 1908. A young woman is found frozen in the snow. Her death is clouded by rumors of foxes involved, which are believed to lure people by transforming themselves into beautiful women and men. Bao, a detective with a reputation for sniffing out the truth, is hired to uncover the dead woman's identity. Since childhood, Bao has been intrigued by the fox gods, yet they've remained tantalizingly out of reach. Until, perhaps, now. Meanwhile, a...
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Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A retelling of the classic story, Little Red lives in a village near the Great Wall, trains in kung fu, and must save her grandmother and village from a mighty dragon. Inclues an author's note discusses how this reimagining is influenced by Chinese mythology, symbolism, traditional medicine, and other elements of Compestine's heritage.
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Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
Twelve-year-old Astrid Xu stumbles upon an ancient Chinese scroll that she hopes is the key to curing her mother's depression, but when it transports her and her younger sister Marilla to a realm where Chinese legends are real, they suddenly find themselves caught in a war between good and evil.
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Series
Publisher
Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Tales from the Celestial Kingdom collects nine spellbinding stories—two previously published, seven original, including the epilogue to the duology—set in the enchanting world of Sue Lynn Tan’s stunning debut. Filled with magic and mythology, friendship and love, these stories intertwine through the past, present, and future of the two novels, told from the perspectives of multiple characters, including Chang’e, Shuxiao, Liwei, and Wenzhi."--...
17) Darker by four
Author
Series
Darker by four volume 1
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Rui has one goal in mind, honing her magic to avenge her mother's death. Yiran is the black sheep of an illustrious family. The world would be at his feet, had he been born with magic. Nikai is a Reaper, serving the Fourth King of Hell. When his master disappears, the underworld begins to crumble, and the human world will be next if the King is not found. When an accident causes Rui's power to transfer to Yiran, everything turns upside down. Without...
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Publisher
Arcade Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Fantastic Creatures of the Mountains and Seas is a new translation for contemporary readers of a classic Chinese text that is at once the geography of an ancient world, a bestiary of mythical creatures, and a book of cultural and medicinal lore. Illustrated throughout with more than 180 two-color drawings, it is a work for lovers of fantasy and mythology, ancient knowledge, fabulous beasts, and inspired art. The beings catalogued within these pages...
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Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"This is a concise and entertaining guide to the complex tradition of Chinese mythology. While many around the world are familiar with some aspects of Chinese myth - through Chinese New Year festivities or the classic adventures of the Monkey King in Journey to the West - few outside of China understand the richness of Chinese mythology, influenced by Daoism, Buddhism and Confucianism. Offering much more than any competing overview of Chinese mythology,...
Author
Series
Seekers of the Aweto volume 2
Publisher
Graphic Universe
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Xinyue, a treasure hunter turned guardian of a baby deity, has escaped death-and awakened in a strange new land. Qiliu, the boy he once called brother, has been captured by enemies-and must tamp down his rage long enough to make his next move. Faced with wolf raiders, frog royalty, and killer plants, both young men will have to choose allies carefully as powerful forces emerge. --from Amazon.
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