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Li Po: Character Connection

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I surprised myself with my choice this week. I wasn’t crazy about Wild Orchid: A Retelling of “The Ballad of Mulan” by Cameron Dokey. There was nothing wrong with it; it was just a little too faithful to the Disney movie for my taste. But there is one character from the book who jumped out at me as I browsed my shelves on […]

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Wild Orchid by Cameron Dokey: Book Review

3 Stars. This was a decent book, but I have a couple of complaints. I was excited to read a non-Western fairy tale re-telling. While I did enjoy the story, and I really liked Mulan herself, this book stayed a little too faithful to what I know of the legend from the Disney movie. I enjoy re-tellings that add an unusual twist to […]

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