She who became the sun / Shelley Parker-Chan.
"Mulan meets The Song of Achilles in Shelley Parker-Chan's She Who Became the Sun, a bold, queer, and lyrical reimagining of the rise of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty from an amazing new voice in literary fantasy. To possess the Mandate of Heaven, the female monk Zhu will do anything. "I refuse to be nothing..." In a famine-stricken village on a dusty yellow plain, two children are given two fates. A boy, greatness. A girl, nothingness... In 1345, China lies under harsh Mongol rule. For the starving peasants of the Central Plains, greatness is something found only in stories. When the Zhu family's eighth-born son, Zhu Chongba, is given a fate of greatness, everyone is mystified as to how it will come to pass. The fate of nothingness received by the family's clever and capable second daughter, on the other hand, is only as expected. When a bandit attack orphans the two children, though, it is Zhu Chongba who succumbs to despair and dies. Desperate to escape her own fated death, the girl uses her brother's identity to enter a monastery as a young male novice. There, propelled by her burning desire to survive, Zhu learns she is capable of doing whatever it takes, no matter how callous, to stay hidden from her fate. After her sanctuary is destroyed for supporting the rebellion against Mongol rule, Zhu takes the chance to claim another future altogether: her brother's abandoned greatness."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250621801
- ISBN: 1250621801
- Physical Description: 414 pages : map ; 22 cm
- Edition: First United States edition
- Publisher: New York : Tor, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
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- A Tom Doherty Associates book.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | F PARKER-CHAN (Text) | 39493110032192 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Alexander Main Library | SF Parker-Chan (Text) | 34269001338640 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Andrews Public Library | F PAR (Text) | 80605003621736 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Beaufort Main | F PARKE (Text) | 34208900093344 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Bordeaux Library | F PARKER-CHAN (Text) | 31781066729821 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Braswell Memorial Main Library | FIC Parker (Text) | 37807000030337 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Denton Public Library | F PAR (Text) | 25908007837011 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Dunn Public Library | F Par (Text) | 33436001747226 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| East Regional Library | F PARKER-CHAN (Text) | 31781066729839 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Etowah Branch | PAR (Text) | 33258010073600 | Adult Fiction Fantasy | Available | - |
