book rec

[tielan]

Cindy Pon's "Silver Phoenix" - YA, set in China with Chinese myths and Chinese main characters (both of 'em)!

The second book in the series is out now: "Fury Of The Phoenix", and the author cindy_pon is doing contests and giveaways.

Personally, I want the postcards with Ai Ling and Chen Yong. So pretteh! (Although those clothes are very impractical for fantasy adventures...I'm just sayin'...)

Anyway, it's a good read, and I recommend it highly for children, young adults, and anyone who would like to read YA fiction that's a little different...and isn't about a girl angsting over a dark, brooding guy who's supernatural.

Comments

[beatrice_otter]

That book is on my wishlist.

[thothmes]

Ooh, looks good! I adore good YA fiction.

The stuff about the girl angsting over a dark, brooding guy who's supernatural isn't good YA fiction. I had to hold my nose to buy it for my daughter, who loved it...for a while. Now she's puzzled what she ever saw in it, and keeps telling me how badly written she thinks it is.