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Initial Thoughts: it ended like THAT?!Loved the Muslim rep! I was so surprised since it's not highlighted at all in the synopsis or anything!Gotta be honest I didn't fully understand all the history and stuff but that's on me because I was reading with my brain mostly off but it was really fun!
This is a book I didn’t think I’d have the strength to write. The concept is very wacky and self-indulgent, yes—Chinese Percy Jackson meets YUGIOH!!!—but writing the story required me to dig deep into my complicated relationship with my heritage.When I immigrated to Canada in 6th grade, I spent a year as the only Asian kid in the school of a small town. In that one year, I became self-conscious of all sorts of things that didn’t seem to matter before: the way I looked, the way I spoke, the cloth...
2022 can't come fast enough. Casually learning about Chinese history through the eyes of a pre-teen playing some video games? Fighting epic battles and finding ancient artifacts? Sounds amazing! Also, I see that LGBT tag and I now I'm even more curious...
haha that ending? there's a sequel right?Rep: Hui Chinese American Muslim gay mc, Chinese side characters (one Miao Chinese), Hui Chinese Muslim side character
Follows 12-year-old Chinese American boy Zack, whose AR gaming headset gets possessed by the First Emperor of China, who compels him to journey across China to heist artifacts and defeat figures from history and myth so he can seal the underworld before its spirits flood out and destroy the mortal realm. and it's "in the vein of Yu-Gi-Oh! meets Percy Jackson" !! Blog • Trigger Warning Database • Twitter • Instagram
I don't read middle grade books. But I will definitely read this one. Because it's from Miss Zhao. I'm excitedly, anxiously waiting for Iron Widow's sequel to come out.Meanwhile I am going read each & everything Xiran Jay Zhao is coming out with....And Look At The Cover. 😍😍😍
A huge thanks to Netgalley and Simon and Schuster for an advanced copy of this to review. Zachary's adventure drops May 10th.I found Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor a touching and complex tale, although perhaps a bit much so for the intended audience. This review is going to waver back and forth because some of the things I loved were double-edged blades, prone to over-use and repetition in the plot. But overall, I think it merits a solid 4 from me, and is a book we need on shelves right now...
love the cover!🤩 can't wait for this book
thank you to simon and schuster children’s publishing, margaret k. mcelderry books, and netgalley for an arc in exchange for an honest review. let’s talk about zachary ying and the dragon emperor. this book is like a history lesson, but with more humor, pop culture references, and action-packed fight scenes on the side. this book has been one i’ve been so excited to read after adoring xiran jay zhao’s debut, iron widow last year. and their venture into a middle grade story did not disappoint.
I've beta'd an early version of this book and it is ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS. Xiran is hands down one of my favourite authors, and this book in particular is so freaking important. Not only it is an extremely fun read, but it will be such a fundamental book for so many second/third gen children who struggle with their identity. It also has so many interesting bits of Chinese history woven into the narration, without shying away from criticizing the current regime's treatment of minorities. It is such...
Cannot stress how excited I was that my store got an arc for this one. This review has no story spoilers. When I finished Xiran Jay Zhao's debut novel, Iron Widow, I took to the internet to find out when their next book was coming out. After about a half-second of disappointment upon seeing it wasn't a sequel, I read the synopsis for Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor, and I had the exact same feeling about the book that I'd had about Iron Widow: I'd never read anything like that before. Zhao h...
Zack’s AR gaming headset gets possessed by the First Emperor of China, who compels him to journey across China to heist artifacts and defeat figures from history and myth so he can seal the underworld.
Thank you Netgalley in exchange for an honest review! I loved Iron Widow. When I saw the author was coming out with a middle grade book with that gorgeous cover, you know I requested it. I don’t read a lot of middle grade anymore, but I do think I would’ve really liked this as a kid. It has many of the same elements as Percy Jackson, twelve year old finds out about his heritage, gets a water ability, have to save mom, and learn lots of mythology. It was also on par with how funny PJO was. Howeve...
loved Iron Widow, this sounds just as good!
