{"id":49840,"date":"2022-10-25T11:12:51","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T15:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=49840"},"modified":"2022-10-14T19:41:28","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T23:41:28","slug":"an-arrow-to-the-moon-by-emily-x-r-pan-in-school-library-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/an-arrow-to-the-moon-by-emily-x-r-pan-in-school-library-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"An Arrow to the Moon by Emily X.R. Pan [in School Library Journal]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-49538\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/06\/An-Arrow-to-the-Moon-Emily-XR-Pan-BookDragon-534x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/06\/An-Arrow-to-the-Moon-Emily-XR-Pan-BookDragon-534x800.jpg 534w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/06\/An-Arrow-to-the-Moon-Emily-XR-Pan-BookDragon.jpg 615w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/>Emily X.R. Pan melds east and west in a hybrid fantasy\/reality novel inspired by two sets of star-crossed lovers: China\u2019s Houyi and Chang\u2019e (the Archer and the Moon Goddess) and Romeo and Juliet. In 1991, Hunter Yee and Luna Chang are 17-year-old seniors at Fairbridge High. Both are children of Taiwanese immigrants, their families hiding a vitriolic rivalry unknown to the teens as sparks fly. Both families have elevated expectations: Hunter\u2019s unforgivably expect perfection; Luna\u2019s (just) presume Stanford. Love isn\u2019t allowed. Secrets revealed will explain \u2013 but also devastate.<\/p>\n<p>The unbalanced cast take uneven turns: Natalie Naudus as Luna is too often overwrought, Shawn K. Jain as Hunter is more convincing, David Shih \u00adreliably moonlights as parents and strangers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Verdict<\/strong>: Following the bestselling success of Pan\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/astonishing-color-emily-x-r-pan-shelf-awareness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The \u00adAstonishing Color of After<\/em><\/a>\u00a0debut, demand will be high for her sophomore \u00adeffort. \u00adLibraries will want \u00admultiple formats.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schoollibraryjournal.com\/story\/twenty-two-audiobooks-inspired-by-fairy-tales-and-mythology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">&#8220;22 Audiobooks Inspired by Fairy Tales and Mythology,&#8221; <em>School Library Journal<\/em>, August 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>From the introduction<\/strong>:\u00a0For the latest audio roundup, we turn to titles inspired by fairy tales and mythology, each published in 2022. Rewriting, adapting, subverting the familiar has long been a popular literary trope \u2013 who can argue with universal appeal? Cinderella, especially, continues to be an evergreen favorite, appearing in multiple stories, often in surprising permutations. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schoollibraryjournal.com\/story\/twenty-two-audiobooks-inspired-by-fairy-tales-and-mythology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Read (and listen) on!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Young Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emily X.R. Pan melds east and west in a hybrid fantasy\/reality novel inspired by two sets of star-crossed lovers: China\u2019s Houyi and Chang\u2019e (the Archer and the Moon Goddess) and Romeo and Juliet. 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