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Shaolin burning / Ant Sang.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Auckland, N.Z. : HarperCollins, 2011.Description: 189 pages : color ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781869508135 (pbk.)
  • 1869508130 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Graphic novel set in Qing dynasty, China. -When violence and terror slash scarlet claws through mortal lives, they leave death, ashes and an aching thirst for revenge. In ancient China, martial arts have been outlawed. When the Qing Emperor's army attacks the dissident monks of the Shaolin Temple, only five escape the resulting inferno. The fugitives flee, vowing to spread their forbidden knowledge. One survivor, Monk Who Doubts, plans bloody revenge, while another, the nun Ng Mui, raises an orphaned girl child. By the time Deadly Plum Blossom is in her teens, she is lethal. Shaolin Burning is a graphic novel about two very different kung-fu fighters, whose lives intersect as they are offered self-discovery through the wisdom of martial arts, in a masterful interweaving of kung-fu myths and legends.
Awards:
  • New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards Finalist 2012.
Summary: After the Shaolin Temple is destroyed by the Emperor's army, five elders escape and go into hiding in order to continue spreading the forbidden knowledge of kung fu. A sixth monk, Monk Who Doubts, escapes too, but turns his back on the Buddhist path and instead persues bloody revenge. His path intersects with that of Deadly Plum Blossom, a girl abandoned at birth and raised by a Shaolin nun who trains her in a new fighting style. Set in Qing dynasty, China. In graphic novel format. Suggested level: secondary.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Teenage Fiction Davis (Central) Library Teenage Grafix Teenage Grafix GRAFIX 1 Available T00526858
Teenage Fiction Mobile Library Teenage Grafix Teenage Grafix GRAFIX 3 Available T00526873
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

'Shaolin Burning' is a graphic novel about two very different kung-fu fighters, whose lives intersect as they are offered self-discovery through the wisdom of martial arts, in a masterful interweaving of kung-fu myths and legends.

Graphic novel for young adults.

Finalist in the New Zealand Post Book Awards 2012.

Graphic novel set in Qing dynasty, China. -When violence and terror slash scarlet claws through mortal lives, they leave death, ashes and an aching thirst for revenge. In ancient China, martial arts have been outlawed. When the Qing Emperor's army attacks the dissident monks of the Shaolin Temple, only five escape the resulting inferno. The fugitives flee, vowing to spread their forbidden knowledge. One survivor, Monk Who Doubts, plans bloody revenge, while another, the nun Ng Mui, raises an orphaned girl child. By the time Deadly Plum Blossom is in her teens, she is lethal. Shaolin Burning is a graphic novel about two very different kung-fu fighters, whose lives intersect as they are offered self-discovery through the wisdom of martial arts, in a masterful interweaving of kung-fu myths and legends.

After the Shaolin Temple is destroyed by the Emperor's army, five elders escape and go into hiding in order to continue spreading the forbidden knowledge of kung fu. A sixth monk, Monk Who Doubts, escapes too, but turns his back on the Buddhist path and instead persues bloody revenge. His path intersects with that of Deadly Plum Blossom, a girl abandoned at birth and raised by a Shaolin nun who trains her in a new fighting style. Set in Qing dynasty, China. In graphic novel format. Suggested level: secondary.

Graphic novel adult

New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards Finalist 2012.

Suitable 8 - 12 Years

New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards Finalist - 2012

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