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Theo Tan and the Fox Spirit

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by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Caleb Yen
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After inheriting a grieving fox spirit, a Chinese American boy must learn to embrace his heritage to solve the mystery of his brother's death in Jesse Q Sutanto's magical, action-packed middle grade fantasy, Theo Tan and the Fox Spirit.
Theo Tan doesn't want a spirit companion. He just wants to be a normal American kid, playing video games, going to conventions, and using cirth pendants to cast his spells like everyone else. But, when his older brother dies, Theo ends up inheriting Jamie's fox spirit, Kai.
Kai isn't happy about this either. Theo is nothing like Jamie, and the two of them have never gotten along. But, when they realize the mysterious journal Jamie left Theo is filled with clues and secret codes, it's clear that something strange was going on with Jamie's internship at Reapling Corp.
But the only way onto the campus is the highly competitive "Know Your Roots" summer camp program, a celebration of Chinese and Indian cultures designed to help connect students with their heritage. Theo and Kai will have to put aside their differences long enough to honor Jamie's last wishes, or the mystery he died for will remain unsolved forever...

  • Creators

  • Series

    Theo Tan

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    May 31, 2022

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780593608012
      • File size: 246629 KB
      • Duration: 08:33:48

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 750
    • Text Difficulty: 3-4

  • Reviews

    • School Library Journal

      August 1, 2022

      Gr 3-7-Sutanto makes her middle grade debut with a Chinese and Indian mythology-inspired epic examining identity politics, bullying, capitalist greed, and unblurring the lines of integrity. "I hate that I'm a Chinese American kid who lives in Chinatown," Theo readily admits. But he'll have to change his attitude to get into the prestigious "Know Your Roots" summer program-because that's the only way he'll figure out how his older brother Jamie died. Sutanto's chapters alternate between Theo and Kai, Jamie's beloved spirit fox who's compelled to become Theo's begrudgingly cranky sidekick. Just as Theo and Kai are mismatched, so, too, are Caleb Yen as Theo and Kimberley Wong as Kai. Individual performances entertain, but listeners will quickly notice the jarring lack of continuity of characterizations between chapters. VERDICT Fans of B.B. Alston's missing-older-sibling "Supernatural Investigations" series will appreciate getting to know Theo-albeit likely better on the page.

      Copyright 2022 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:750
  • Text Difficulty:3-4

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