Synopses & Reviews
The time is 1995. Life is surreal, swift, out of control as Hong Kong rushes towards that inevitable moment, the handover to China in 1997. Here are four lives in a changing world, in a city that is global, contemporary, and very much home to Chinese and Americans alike. THE UNWALLED CITY conjures an extraordinary feeling of place in a book that one reviewer says is filled with believable characters that are fully human in their inner contradictions and complexity and another calls truly a novel of Hong Kong. Like the city itself, each of these native, and accidental, Hong Kong yan must leave behind the memory of what was in order to accept that which inevitably will be.
Synopsis
During a failed heist, Casey is certain that she saw some kind of strange animal. She tries to convince herself that she was seeing things, but that's when that very creature shows up in her house. He is a jackelope named Jack Lopez, and he needs Casey's help. Jack is a Guardian, one of many mythical creatures whose job is to protect the world's greatest treasures. Why is he recruiting Casey? Her dad was Jack's partner, and he taught Casey everything he knew. Together, with the help of other cryptids like a griffin, a yeti, the Chupacabra, and the Loch Ness Monster, Casey and Jack will have to travel around the world to defeat the evil Jersey Devil and find The Book of The Guardians before he does. Note: This book, written by a father/daughter team, is designed to be fun and educational. Some words and phrases in the book are underlined. Definitions for those terms will be found in the glossary at the back of the book. The story also uses real researched locations and landmarks around the world.
Synopsis
A novel of life and love in Hong Kong in 1995. Set in the background of the handover to China.