Min knows Jun would have kept that hidden as a member of the military. Most supernatural creatures are generally accepted but no one trusts the foxes. What few people know about Min's family is that they are fox spirits. Jun has begun living that dream as a cadet of the Thousand Worlds Space Forces and Min plans to join as soon as she reaches the minimum age, 17. They have dreamed of traveling together to every one of the 1,000 planets in their realm. Min and her older brother Jun have been very close. She dislikes aspects of her life, including being in such close quarters with her cousins. Min feels she is unfairly expected to repair and maintain things, such as their hydroponic system, and that no one appreciates the work she does. Min lives with her mother, two aunts, and some cousins. The planet was scheduled for terraforming that would have improved the lives of the population, but the dragon spirit Hae disappeared with the Dragon Pearl and no one knows why. It is a poor planet, and life there is difficult. Min is a young teenager who is going about her life on a rural property in Jinju. This sci-fi adventure with the underpinnings of Korean mythology will transport you to a world far beyond your imagination.The following version of the book was used to create this study guide: Lee, Yoon Ha. The outcome may not be what she had hoped, but it has the potential to exceed her wildest dreams. She will be forced to use more fox-magic than ever before, and to rely on all of her cleverness and bravery. It will involve deception, lies, and sabotage. Min's quest will have her meeting gamblers, pirates, and vengeful ghosts. She decides to run away to find him and clear his name. Jun would never desert his battle cruiser, even for a mystical object rumored to have tremendous power. When word arrives that Jun is suspected of leaving his post to go in search of the Dragon Pearl, Min knows that something is wrong. She's counting the days until she can follow her older brother, Jun, into the Space Forces and see more of the Thousand Worlds.

She would like nothing more than to escape Jinju, her neglected, dust-ridden, and impoverished planet. Min feels hemmed in by the household rules and resents the endless chores, the cousins who crowd her, and the aunties who judge her. To keep the family safe, Min's mother insists that none of them use any fox-magic, such as Charm or shape-shifting. Rick Riordan Presents Yoon Ha Lee's space opera about thirteen-year-old Min, who comes from a long line of fox spirits.īut you'd never know it by looking at her.

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