CHENNY XIAO AND THE LOTUS LIGHTSTICK

CHENNY XIAO AND THE LOTUS LIGHTSTICK is a middle grade fantasy adventure and a contemporary graphic novel retelling of the Chinese folktale “The Magic Lotus Lantern” with themes of belonging, family, and finding your self-worth.

Struggling to get by with her single father in Flushing, New York, all twelve-year-old Chenny Xiao wants is to get a chance to meet the rest of her family, and maybe make a real friend for once. But when she inherits her mother’s mystical Lotus Lightstick and discovers she’s a demigod, she quickly finds herself being hounded by a mysterious war god uncle she never knew she had! With evil yāoguài hot on her heels hunting for her demigod flesh, Chenny must learn to trust her new friends and find the brightest power within herself to bridge the gap between her mortal and godly families.