At times it was hard to follow along with all the history and mythology, but it wasn’t necessarily a bad thing. But in this story, the kids must also learn that good and evil exist side by side, and sometimes cannot be separated from each other. This made me so happy especially since Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor is a middle-grade novel and American schools don’t typically teach a lot about Chinese history.
Lots of them.) As with most good books written for middle school, the protagonists are faced with difficult moral choices. A first-gen Hui Chinese immigrant from small-town China to Vancouver, Canada, they were raised by the internet and made the inexplicable decision to leave their biochem degree in the dust to write books and make educational content instead. (One does not unite the Seven Warring States, as the First Emperor did, into an enduring nation called China without deaths. Xiran Jay Zhao (they/them) is the 1 New York Times bestselling author of the Iron Widow series. All three Chinese emperors historically did great things, but also initiated heinous acts of murder, betrayal, and genocide.
Like, how can you not read a chapter titled “How the Creation of China was Exactly Like American Idol” or “How Chinese Sherlock Holmes and Chinese Leroy Jenkins Can Help a Museum Heist”?īut what sets the book apart for me is the moral ambiguity that becomes apparent as the story progresses. Xiran Jay Zhao is a first-generation Hui Chinese immigrant to Canada, and has an extensive knowledge of both China and the way all things Chinese are overlooked by Western school systems. Zach is a gamer turned hero who goes on an epic quest across the globe only to find his greatest strength within. I have to admire the skill of the author in providing background information about Chinese history and culture. Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor is an edge-of-your-seat adventure that has you laughing on one page and cheering on the next.
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