Peasprout Chen: Battle of Champions by Henry Lien
Published by Henry Holt & Company on January 22nd 2019
ISBN: 125016575X
Pages: 384
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Henry Lien is back with a sequel to Peasprout Chen: Future Legend of Skate and Sword. Peasprout is in her second year at Pearl Famous Academy of Skate and Sword where she is studying wu liu, a sport that combines martial arts and figure skating. The tensions between Peasprout’s native home of Shin and the city of Pearl are growing. Still, Peasprout must continue to prove herself to not only be good at wu liu but to be the best. With the help of her brother, some friends, and a new student Peasprout suspects may be a spy, this heroine must try to keep the school that she has grown to love safe.

Lien creates a seamless world and a plucky protagonist that will draw any reader with ambitions in.

Reviewed by Sarah Cropley, Scarborough Public Library