{"id":199,"date":"2016-08-24T07:12:06","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T07:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/katzhangwriter.com\/?page_id=199"},"modified":"2023-10-02T00:17:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T00:17:31","slug":"the-emperors-riddle","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/katzhangwriter.com\/index.php\/the-emperors-riddle\/","title":{"rendered":"The Emperor’s Riddle"},"content":{"rendered":"

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2017 NCTA Freeman Award Honorable Mention<\/em><\/p>\n

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2017 Parent's Choice Approved<\/em><\/p>\n

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Mia Chen is on what her mother calls a Grand Adventure.<\/h3>

She\u2019s not sure what to make of this family trip to China, and didn\u2019t want to leave her friends for the summer, but she\u2019s excited about the prospect of exploring with her Aunt Lin, the only adult who truly understands her.<\/span><\/p>\n

Then Aunt Lin disappears, right after her old nemesis, a man named Ying, comes to visit. Mia knows that years ago, when Aunt Lin and Ying were sent to the Fuzhou countryside to work as laborers, the two searched for an ancient treasure together--one that still hasn\u2019t been found. She\u2019s suspicious that their shared history might be linked to Aunt Lin\u2019s disappearance.<\/span><\/p>\n

When Mia discovers an old map filled with riddles in Aunt Lin\u2019s room, she quickly pieces together her mission: find the treasure, find her aunt. Now, Mia, along with her big brother, Jake, must solve the clues to rescue the person she knows best in the world\u2014and maybe unearth a treasure greater than her wildest dreams.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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\"The Chinese landscape is carefully described, and lush, reverent passages about statues, temples, and cultural details sneak atmosphere into the fast-paced mystery adventure.\"<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

- The Bulletin of the Center For Children's Books<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Kat Zhang's first foray into the middle grade arena perfectly embodies that challenging period of childhood when we\u2019re all first learning to trust ourselves\u2014no matter our insecurities\u2014while convincing our families to do the same.\"<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

- Bookpage<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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2017 NCTA Freeman Award Honorable Mention2018-2019 Jr. Tome It List (grades 6-8) 2017 Parent’s Choice Approved2018-2019 Club Tome It List (grades 3-5) She\u2019s not sure what to make of this family trip to China, and didn\u2019t want to leave her friends for the summer, but she\u2019s excited about the prospect of exploring with her Aunt […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-199","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P1sxpY-3d","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/katzhangwriter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/katzhangwriter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/katzhangwriter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/katzhangwriter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/katzhangwriter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/katzhangwriter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":209,"href":"http:\/\/katzhangwriter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/199\/revisions\/209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/katzhangwriter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}