Eleven-year-old Thom Ngho is keeping a secret: she’s strong. Like suuuuper strong. Freakishly strong. And it’s making it impossible for her to fit in at her new middle school. In a desperate bid to get rid of her super strength, Thom makes a deal with the Monkey King, a powerful deity and legendary trickster she accidentally released from his 500-year prison sentence. Thom agrees to help the Monkey King get back his magical staff if he'll take away her strength.
In this sequel to Girl Giant and the Monkey King, Thom and her friends set off on a far flung adventure to save the Heavens and the Jade Emperor from certain destruction.
Eleven-year-old Thom Ngho is keeping a secret: she’s strong. Like suuuuper strong. Freakishly strong. And it’s making it impossible for her to fit in at her new middle school. In a desperate bid to get rid of her super strength, Thom makes a deal with the Monkey King, a powerful deity and legendary trickster she accidentally released from his 500-year prison sentence. Thom agrees to help the Monkey King get back his magical staff if he'll take away her strength.
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My name is Van Hoang and I write novels for middle grade readers and adults. This is how you pronounce my name. My favorite punctuation marks include commas, the undervalued semi-colon; and carets ^.^ I strongly dislike misused exclamation marks! and passionately hate ellipses….
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I’m represented by literary super-agent Mary C. Moore of Kimberly Cameron and Associates.
My debut novel Girl Giant and the Monkey King is out now by Roaring Brook / Macmillan. The sequel Girl Giant and the Jade War released in December 2021.
Hidden Tails, also out by Roaring Brook, will be published in 2024.
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My newest book The Monstrous Misses Mai will be published by 47North in 2024.
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