Barkbelly

Damsel

Eidi: The Children of Crow Cove

Adele

American Mythology (Mythology and Culture Worldwide)

Wild Beauty

Kiss of the Selkie: A Little Mermaid Retelling (Entangled with Fae)

The Last Legacy

Part historical fiction, part magical realism, and 100 percent adventure. Thirteen-year-old Mei reimagines the myths of Paul Bunyan as starring a Chinese heroine while she works in a Sierra Nevada logging camp in 1885.

Aware of the racial tumult in the years after the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act, Mei tries to remain blissfully focused on her job, her close friendship with the camp foreman's daughter, and telling stories about Paul Bunyan--reinvented as Po Pan Yin (Auntie Po), an elderly Chinese matriarch.

Anchoring herself with stories of Auntie Po, Mei navigates the difficulty and politics of lumber camp work and her growing romantic feelings for her friend Bee. The Legend of Auntie Po is about who gets to own a myth, and about immigrant families and communities holding on to rituals and traditions while staking out their own place in America.

Discover Your Child's Next Read

Barkbelly

Cat Weatherill, 2005

Damsel

Susan Connolly, 2009

Eidi: The Children of Crow Cove

Bodil Bredsdorff, 1995

Adele

Tammy M. "gagne" Proctor, 2012

American Mythology (Mythology and Culture Worldwide)

Don Nardo, 2012

Wild Beauty

Anna-Marie Mclemore, 2017

Kiss of the Selkie: A Little Mermaid Retelling (Entangled with Fae)

Tessonja Odette, 2021

The Last Legacy

Adrienne Young, 2021