Explores some of the cultural and natural wonders of China and South Korea, including the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, the ancient city of Qufu, and the Haeinsa Temple.
Provides facts about Asia, highlighting some of the continent's amazing natural features, plants, animals, and peoples, and including photographs, maps, and a time line.
Chronicles the life and adventures of thirteenth-century Italian explorer Marco Polo, and describes his experiences in the Orient and in Asia, his seventeen years at the court of the Kublai Khan, and the legacy he left behind.
Digby and his sister learn all about the life and works of thirteenth-century explorer, Marco Polo, after they discover his silk purse at an antiques market.
Set in an alternate matriarchal 1900s Asia, in a richly imagined world of art deco-inflected steam punk, a teenage girl is struggling to survive the trauma of war, and shares a mysterious psychic link with a monster of tremendous power, a connection that will transform them both and make them the target of both human and otherworldly powers.
"Karluk has left home to become a man. For four months, he's off to learn falconry from Amir's brothers, living with them at their winter camp. As his training commences, what will Karluk learn about himself, and Amir, in the process?"--Publisher marketing.
Returning for her second year at Pearl Famous Academy to master wu liu, an art form that blends figure skating with martial arts, Peasprout finds a new rival in Yinmei, the exiled heir to the Shinian throne, and suspects that she is a spy.
