REVIEW: The Magnolia Sword: A Ballad of Mulan by Sherry Thomas

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Dear Ms. Thomas:

I’m going to be lazy and steal the blurb:

A Warrior in Disguise

All her life, Mulan has trained for one purpose: to win the duel that every generation in her family must fight. If she prevails, she can reunite a pair of priceless heirloom swords separated decades earlier, and avenge her father, who was paralyzed in his own duel.

Then a messenger from the Emperor arrives, demanding that all families send one soldier to fight the Rouran invaders in the north. Mulan’s father ca...