Kategoria BISAC: Young Adult Fiction >> Historical - Asia

Fifteen-year-old Hong and his older brother Chen face famine, flood, pirates, and jealous rivals on their journey through fifteenth century China as Chen pursues his calling as a scholar and Hong becomes involved with a secret society known as the White Lotus.

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As a result, however, the family of her intended husband breaks their marriage agreement. And as she enters adolescence, Ailin finds that her family is no longer willing to support...

Yoona Chang is only sixteen years old but her world is already getting turned upside down. A devastating war threatens the Koryeo kingodm of ancient Korea that Yoona calls home. One day a mysterious and handsome stranger arrives in Yoona's village. He is a prince of Vietnam. Yoona does not know it yet but she will soon set off on an adventure that forever changes her life.

Bronze Medal, 2016 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards

"I never woulda guessed a bowl of curst noodles could cause so much trouble." Woong, North Korea, age unknown

It all started with a curse. When Woong's hunger drives him to steal the fancy meal set out by his superstitious mother, he invokes a shaman's wrath. Soon afterwards, a flood ravages his home, ripping him from his parents and hurtling him into street life during the catastrophic North Korean famine of the 1990s.

Traveling from place to place in order to survive, Woong meets a...

It is the year 1925 and an important artifact belonging to the emperor of Japan has gone missing. Our hero, Jack Bell, is reluctantly recruited to hunt out the missing object. Along the way, he makes new enemies and new friends. Finding the relic is only a fraction of the story as Jack Bell struggles to ensure its safe return.
The story is inspired by real history and has several impacting moments intertwined with the plot. It features real people who were alive in 1925 along with real events which occurred in that year. The references are melted subtly into the book, and the reader...

Gene Luen Yang is the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature.

Boxers & Saints Boxed Set Edition

One of the greatest comics storytellers alive brings all his formidable talents to bear in this astonishing new work.

In two volumes, Boxers & Saints tells two parallel stories. The first is of Little Bao, a Chinese peasant boy whose village is abused and plundered by Westerners claiming the role of missionaries. Little Bao, inspired by visions of the Chinese gods, joins a violent uprising against the Western interlopers. Against all odds, their...

Gene Luen Yang is the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and is a MacArthur Fellow, a recipient of what's popularly known as the MacArthur "Genius" Grant.

A New York Times bestseller

China,1898. Bands of foreign missionaries and soldiers roam the countryside, bullying and robbing Chinese peasants.

Little Bao has had enough. Harnessing the powers of ancient Chinese gods, he recruits an army of Boxers - commoners trained in kung fu who fight to free China from "foreign devils."

Against all odds, this grass-roots rebellion is violently...