Circle of Cranes, by Annette LeBox, coming 12 April from Dial.
Here is the blurb [with my thoughts in brackets]
"Thirteen-year-old Suyin is a poor orphan [Team Orphan!] who has a strange gift with languages [that sounds good--languages rarely play a large part in mg/YA fantasy] and a mysterious connection to the cranes [birds are nice] in her small Chinese village [yay for diversity!]. When a shady human trafficker [bad] arrives promising luxury and riches beyond belief in America [ha], the villagers elect Suyin - whom they consider lucky - to go as their benefactress [there are very few Immigration Fantasies. I am intrigued]. But instead of luxury, Suyin is forced to work in a sweatshop in New York City's Chinatown [very bad]. Suyin's future seems hopeless, until her beloved cranes arrive [yay cranes!] and reveal that she is no ordinary girl - instead, she is the daughter of the Crane Queen [hmmm--somewhat familiar ground here, although this sounds like it could be a fresh twist]. Now her mother's life [ack! save the mother! says one who is one] is in danger, and Suyin must prove herself worthy of her position as the Crane Princess, in order to save her mother [mothers so rarely have Agency. Sigh.] and the entire clan of cranes [go Suyin! go Cranes!]."
Anyway. It sounds good.
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Umm... it sounds better than good. It sounds AMAZING (full disclosure: I went through an Asian-historical-fiction stage in high school). Great pick!
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