# The Legend of Auntie Po - Hardcover

by **Shing Yin Khor** (Author)

**A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST**

Part historical fiction, part fable, 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.

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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 the United States.

### Author Biography

Shing Yin Khor is a cartoonist and installation artist exploring the Americana mythos and new human rituals. A Malaysian-Chinese immigrant, and an American citizen since 2011, they are also the author of _The American Dream?_, a graphic novel about travelling Route 66.

**Number of Pages:** 304

**Dimensions:** 1.2 x 8.3 x 5.5 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** June 15, 2021

**Award:** National Book Awards (2021)

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Legend of Auntie Po

**Interest Level:** Middle Grades, 4-8

**Reading Level:** 2.8

**Point Value:** 1

## Details

- **Price:** 22.99 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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