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Pahua and the Soul Stealer
Lori M. Lee
Ages: 12+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Rich Riordan Presents/Disney Hyperion
ISBN: 978-1-368-06824-6
Keywords: shamanism, microaggressions, magic, brothers and sisters, Asian American Pacific Islanders, spirits, bullying
Take a deep dive into Hmong culture, folklore, and cosmology along with Pahua, who has only three days to rescue her brother's soul from the spirit world.