Warned is the 2016 Silver Falchion award winner in the best international category. Set in Ancient China, it is an action/adventure and mystery story in the Mei-hua trilogy for teen readers. In 1380 China, only a thin, permeable border separates life and death, the visible realm and the netherworld. A dangerous border that is too easily crossed. This is Mei-hua's world. Mei-hua lives behind the walls of her adopted family's luxurious home in the bustling city of Hangzhou. However, her sense of peace and security is destroyed when she discovers that a good and trusted friend has been seized by...

Mei-hua's world is turned upside-down when her father is accused of disloyalty to the new Ming Dynasty Emperor. If he's found guilty, he and his entire family will be executed. To protect Mei-hua, his only daughter, he sends her away disguised as a mute peasant. Before reaching safety, however, she is kidnapped and sold to a wealthy family. Mei-hua-the privileged daughter of a magistrate-now finds herself a lowly bond servant. She must hide her real identity at all costs to avoid triggering the destruction of everyone she loves. Her only hope is to run away, but her plan is interrupted and...