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Hoang, Van, author.

Girl giant and the monkey king / Van Hoang ; illustrated by Nguyen Quang and Kim Lien.

First edition.

New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2020.

360 pages ; 22 cm

2020

Eleven-year-old Thom Ngho is keeping a secret: she's strong. Like suuuuper strong. Freakishly strong. And it's making it impossible for her to fit in at her new middle school. In a desperate bid to get rid of her super strength, Thom makes a deal with the Monkey King, a powerful deity and legendary trickster she accidentally released from his 500-year prison sentence. Thom agrees to help the Monkey King get back his magical staff if he'll take away her strength. Soon Thom is swept up in an ancient and fantastical world in where demons, dragons, and Jade princesses actually exist. But she quickly discovers that magic can't cure everything, and dealing with the trickster god might be more trouble than it's worth.

Middle school students -- Juvenile fiction.

Middle school students -- Fiction.

Magic -- Juvenile fiction.

Magic -- Fiction.

Gods -- Juvenile fiction.

Gods -- Fiction.

Middle school students -- Fiction.

Magic -- Fiction.

JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure

JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic

JUVENILE FICTION / Legends, Myths, Fables / Asian

Quang, Nguyen, 1989- illustrator.

Lien, Kim, 1991- illustrator.

Booklist, November 01, 2020

Publishers Weekly, September 28, 2020

Kirkus Reviews, August 15, 2020

School Library Journal, October 01, 2020

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