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Soon to be an original animated movie streaming on Paramount+ beginning February 2, 2024, starring Henry Golding, Lucy Liu, Brandon Soo Hoo, Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh, and Golden Globe winner Sandra Oh!Don't miss this middle grade fantasy adventure about a boy, a magical tiger, an outlaw dragon, and a mischievous monkey who carry the fate of the world on their shoulders. From two-time Newbery Honor–winning author Laurence Yep (Dragonwings, Dragon's Gate), now with an all-new show more cover and introduction!
Tom Lee's life changes forever the day he meets a talking tiger named Mr. Hu and discovers that he has magical powers and great responsibilities that he never imagined. Despite his doubts and fears, Tom joins Mr. Hu's ragtag band of creatures in their fight to keep an ancient talisman out of the hands of the worst possible enemy.
This action-packed fantasy from two-time Newbery Honor–winning author Laurence Yep reveals a hidden world within our own where animals take human form, where friendship is the final weapon in the battle between good and evil, and where a young boy is responsible for saving the world he knows . . . and the one he is just discovering.
This updated edition includes an introduction by Laurence Yep!
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Tom, a boy living with his eccentric grandmother, discovers that the stories she tells him, and the lessons she teaches him have basis in fact in one eventful, memorable, horrifying afternoon. Mr. Hu, his grandmother's former apprentice (the place Tom now holds) visits, bringing with him a change for Tom. As he becomes Mr. Hu's apprentice, Tom learns more lessons and finally understands what his grandmother taught him as Mr. Hu and crew fight against an evil force. But will Tom make the ultimate sacrifice before the end?
This was an interesting book. There are talking animals who can change shape and appear human. There is a lot that isn't explained in the first book that I have to assume is fleshed out in further books. Still, it was an exciting story that I didn't want to put down. It could possibly be used in curriculum about Chinese mysticism and mythology.
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooo incredibly....BORING!!!
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Laurence Yep was born in San Francisco, California on June 14, 1948. He graduated from the University of California at Santa Cruz in 1970 and received a Ph.D. in English from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He primarily writes fiction for young adults, but has also written and edited several works for adults. His first novel, show more Sweetwater, was published in 1973. His other books include Dragonwings, Dragon's Gate, Shadow Lord, Child of the Owl, The Earth Dragon Awakes: The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, and The Dragon's Child: A Story of Angel Island. He has won numerous awards for his work including the Newbery Medal Honor Book, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Jane Addams Children's Book Award, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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