Shang-Chi and the Quest for Immortality

Written & illustrated by Victoria Ying

A young warrior seeks immortality to save his father, but questions if he's worth saving.

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128 pages

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Bookroo's summary

Twelve-year-old Shang-Chi embarks on a daring quest to find the legendary Peaches of Immortality to restore his father's waning powers. Leaving the Five Weapons Society's palace for the first time, he encounters a world unlike anything he's known. A mysterious boy named Lu holds secrets about Shang-Chi's father, Zheng-Zu, challenging everything Shang-Chi believes. With his father's life and their home at stake, Shang-Chi must succeed, but as he uncovers hidden truths, he wonders if his father truly deserves salvation. Can Shang-Chi navigate this perilous journey and prove himself, or will the revelations change his path forever?

From the publisher

Marvel break-out Shang-Chi sets off to unlock the keys to immortality and save his father in this all-new, original graphic novel adventure!Twelve-year-old Shang-Chi and and his younger sister, Shi-Hua, are the only children in the grand palace of the Five Weapons Society. Their father, Zheng-Zu, is a harsh master, and all Shang-Chi wants is to prove himself in his father’s eyes.So when he overhears that his father’s powers may be waning and discovers an ancient scroll that might be the key to helping him get those powers back, Shang-Chi knows exactly what to do. For the first time in his life, he sneaks out of the palace and into the outside world, hoping to return with one of the legendary Peaches of Immortality to gift his father.But the world beyond the palace is very different from everything Shang-Chi has been taught, especially a boy called Lu, who knows more about Zheng-Zu than he should. With his home and father’s health on the line, Shang-Chi cannot fail in his quest–but does his father deserve to be saved?

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