false 5577995 4 <p> No one wanted Ai Ling. And deep down she is relieved—despite the dishonor she has brought upon her family—to be unbetrothed and free, not some stranger's subservient bride banished to the inner quarters. </p> <p> But now, something is after her. Something terrifying—a force she cannot comprehend. And as pieces of the puzzle start to fit together, Ai Ling begins to understand that her journey to the Palace of Fragrant Dreams isn't only a quest to find her beloved father but a venture with stakes larger than she could have imagined. </p> <p> Bravery, intelligence, the will to fight and fight hard . . . she will need all of these things. Just as she will need the new and mysterious power growing within her. She will also need help. </p> <p> It is Chen Yong who finds her partly submerged and barely breathing at the edge of a deep lake. There is something of unspeakable evil trying to drag her under. On a quest of his own, Chen Yong offers that help . . . and perhaps more. </p> 5749199 28 4 2009 Silver Phoenix: Beyond the Kingdom of Xia total:213|5:57|4:83|3:51|2:18|1:4| 213 810 593 102 5 7 false false Wed Mar 18 09:33:06 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 17:36:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 3 false true Sun Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 02 08:27:46 -0800 2009 Sun Apr 05 08:05:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 3 false false Mon Nov 24 10:30:42 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 18 13:25:20 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 2 false false Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 09:57:17 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 10:20:11 -0700 2009
In a time period when women were told what to do and when to do it - this book gives us an interesting character that is rebellious and heads out on her own to save her father. She comes to discover that she has unique...more...]]> 3 4 false false Thu Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 17:33:32 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 22:52:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 2 false false Sat Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 14:05:23 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 19:23:30 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Aug 01 14:08:54 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 14:08:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 19:32:16 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 19:32:38 -0700 2009
The two words that pop...more...]]> 2 0 false true Thu Jul 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 17:29:11 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 17:36:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 17:01:01 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 17:24:04 -0700 2009
Lets start with all the (many) reasons to love Silver Phoenix:

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What I Loved:
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Seventeen-year-old Ai Ling's father has been gone for months, and she and her mother are beginning to worry. When a man tries to blackmail Ai Ling into marriage...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 19:45:35 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 19:46:16 -0700 2009
Not only was it fulfilling as a fantasty, but it had culture! With the Chinese backgrounds, I was enchanted.

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From the beginning, Ai Ling has lived life differently from most young women in Xia. Born of parents who married for love, she is a cherished only child in a society that prizes sons, educated by her scholarly father and, as she comes of age, the abili...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jun 17 14:31:32 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 23:21:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 15:07:32 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 19:03:04 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 22:56:11 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 23:42:45 -0700 2009
At first I had a bit of trouble keeping all the characters...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue May 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 20:55:35 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 20:59:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 08:19:02 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 04:51:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 15:49:52 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 15:51:21 -0700 2009 more...]]>