Rumor has it that the legendary Head of the Dragon had one last treasure-the plunder of a thousand ports-that for decades has only been a myth, a fool's journey. The revelation that Xiang's father sailed with the Dragon Fleet and tucked away this secret changes everything. Her single memento of him is a pendant she always wears, a simple but plain piece of gold jewelry.īut the pendant's true nature is revealed when a mysterious girl named Anh steals it, only to return it to Xiang in exchange for her help in decoding the tiny map scroll hidden inside. Her father is also only a story, dead at sea before Xiang was born. She desperately wants to prove her worth, especially to her mother, a shrewd businesswoman who never seems to have enough time for Xiang. Its ruthless leader, a woman known only as the Head of the Dragon, is now only a story, like the ones Xiang has grown up with all her life. The sun is setting on the golden age of piracy, and the legendary Dragon Fleet, the scourge of the South China Sea, is no more. Two intrepid queer girls of color embark on a legendary treasure hunt in this YA remix of Treasure Island, flipping the script on a notoriously Euro-centric sausage-fest of a classic.ġ826. In the Remixed Classics series, authors from marginalized backgrounds reinterpret classic works through their own cultural lens to subvert the overwhelming cishet, white, and male canon.
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