It\'s Hermione Granger meets Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon meets the Ice Capades meets Mean Girls .
In Henry Lien\'s Peasprout Chen: Battle of Champions , Peasprout guides her battleband on a mission to save Pearl, and learns what it truly means to be a leader..
To keep her enemy close, Peasprout joins Yinmei\'s battleband, a team that executes elaborate skating configurations that are part musical spectacle, part defensive attack.
When the Empress of Shin threatens to invade the city of Pearl, Peasprout makes a bold decision.
When she excels both academically and socially, Peasprout begins to suspect that Yinmei is not a refugee at all but a spy.
Yinmei is the heir to the Shinian throne and has fled her country for Pearl.
But, with the new year comes new competition, and Peasprout\'s dreams are thwarted by an impressive transfer student. -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review Now in her Second Year at Pearl Famous Academy of Skate and Sword, Peasprout Chen strives to reclaim her place as a champion of wu liu, the sport of martial arts figure skating. with intelligence, deftness and precision. -- The New York Times Takes on weighty and relevant questions of gender, ability, leadership, immigration...
It\'s Hermione Granger meets Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon meets the Ice Capades meets Mean Girls
