03525cam a2200625 4500 538538938 TxAuBib 20211119120000.0 ||||||s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781250807809 1250807808 1ad9107f-1842-4d5c-86b3-dd29ce334334 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 5766377 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Parker-Chan, Shelley. She Who Became the Sun [Libby Audiobook]. Macmillan Audio, 2021. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 401MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 401MB. science fiction and fantasy. strong female protagonist. historical retelling. dual perspectives. literary fantasy. Genre Fiction. ancient china. mongol empire. debut author. ming dynasty. love and war. suspenseful. Imperialism. Christmas. empirical. slow burn. Hanukkah. destiny. orphans. series. queer. Xmas. fate. Epic. gift. War. sff. HTML:<p><b><i>Mulan</i> meets <i>The Song of Achilles</i> in Shelley Parker-Chan's <i>She Who Became the Sun</i>, 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.<br /> To possess the Mandate of Heaven, the female monk Zhu will do anything.</b><br /> <i>"I refuse to be nothing..."</i><br /> In a famine-stricken village on a dusty yellow plain, two children are given two fates. A boy, greatness. A girl, nothingness...<br /> 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.<br /> 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.<br /> After her sanctuary is destroyed for supporting the rebellion against Mongol rule, Zhu uses takes the chance to claim another future altogether: her brother's abandoned greatness.<br /> <b>A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books</b></p>. Historical Fiction. Fantasy. Fiction. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-19 20:00:03. Naudus, Natalie. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=1ad9107f-1842-4d5c-86b3-dd29ce334334&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=1ad9107f-1842-4d5c-86b3-dd29ce334334&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)