Banned Books Week – The Forbidden Books of Da Lin Monastery• by
Andrew K Hoe• Narrated by
Andrew K Hoe• Audio production by
Jeremy Carter•
A Cast of Wonders original!•
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Click here to listen to Episode 272Andrew K. Hoe teaches and practices Choy Li Fut Kung Fu and Tai Chi in Southern California, where he also writes speculative YA fiction. He has been a high school English teacher, an Assistant Language Teacher in Japan, and a college professor. His academic work in children’s literature can be found in
The Looking Glass. Follow him
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Hoong-Lung watched, horror-struck, as the book slid along the flagstone floor of the monastery library. The spine shivered, the cover’s fabric shredded itself, and something like spittle foamed along its edges. The title’s brush-stroked ideographs broke from their calligraphy, ink squirming like black worms.
The untamed writing made Hoong-Lung want to vomit.Tags: acceptance, Andrew K. Hoe, Banned Books Week 2017, Cast of Wonders, Jeremy Carter, library, monks, orphan, refugee, rivalry, Texts Against Tyranny, war, Young Adult fiction
