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In this life-affirming picture book, acclaimed author Christopher Cheng weaves the true story of his family?s search for safety in the midst of war, demonstrating the strength of children in the face of the impossible.

Young Shu Lok didn?t know there was a war until it appeared on his doorstep.

Overnight, everything changes. His parents send him away, tucking him into a basket alongside his cousins to be carried to safety.

They travel in search of a place the war does not reach, over cloud-wreathed clifftops, and through cold, hungry nights where a rocky bed and cold bean curd cake are all that await him.

But Shu Lok comes to find that war does not define him. He remembers his parents? words: be powerful like a dragon. Even if food and comfort are scarce, strength, resilience, and kindness can always be found. Even in the harshest times, dragons can learn to fly.

Based on author Christopher Cheng?s true family story and with breathtaking, sweeping illustrations by Jacqueline Tam, Powerful Like a Dragon is an honest and heartfelt invitation into one child?s experience during the Imperial Japanese invasion of Hong Kong in 1941.

Powerful Like a Dragon

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      Publisher Roaring Brook Press
      Published 4/15/2025
      ISBN-13 9781250829399
      978-1250829399
      ISBN-10 1250829399
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      Children & Teen Non-Fiction

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      In this life-affirming picture book, acclaimed author Christopher Cheng weaves the true story of his family?s search for safety in the midst of war, demonstrating the strength of children in the face of the impossible.

      Young Shu Lok didn?t know there was a war until it appeared on his doorstep.

      Overnight, everything changes. His parents send him away, tucking him into a basket alongside his cousins to be carried to safety.

      They travel in search of a place the war does not reach, over cloud-wreathed clifftops, and through cold, hungry nights where a rocky bed and cold bean curd cake are all that await him.

      But Shu Lok comes to find that war does not define him. He remembers his parents? words: be powerful like a dragon. Even if food and comfort are scarce, strength, resilience, and kindness can always be found. Even in the harshest times, dragons can learn to fly.

      Based on author Christopher Cheng?s true family story and with breathtaking, sweeping illustrations by Jacqueline Tam, Powerful Like a Dragon is an honest and heartfelt invitation into one child?s experience during the Imperial Japanese invasion of Hong Kong in 1941.

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