Central Bedfordshire Council: Book of the Month August
Date Added: 30/08/2022
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
In a famine-stricken village on a dusty plain, a seer shows two children their fates. For a family’s eighth-born son, there’s greatness. For the second daughter, nothing. In 1345, China lies restless under harsh Mongol rule. And when a bandit raid wipes out their home, the two children must somehow survive. Zhu Chongba despairs and gives in. But the girl resolves to overcome her destiny. So she takes her dead brother’s identity and begins her journey. Can Zhu escape what’s written in the stars, as rebellion sweeps the land? Or can she claim her brother’s greatness, and rise as high as she can dream?
Our book of the month is She Who Became the Sun, the debut novel by Shelley Parker-Chan, a re-imagining of the rise to power of Zhu Yuanzhang, the peasant rebel who expelled the Mongols, unified China under native rule, and became the founding Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. You can request your copy through our library catalogue, Arena, free of charge. Not a member? You can join in your local library, or online.
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