The Cricket Warrior

Written by Margaret Chang and Raymond Chang · Illustrated by Warwick Hutton

A boy must become a cricket warrior to save his family.

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32 pages· AD880L

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Bookroo's summary

Young Wei nian faces a dire challenge: save his struggling family by becoming a legendary cricket warrior. After losing the cricket meant for the emperor's fights, an enigmatic old man offers him a life-altering choice. Can Wei nian embrace his destiny and secure his family's future? And if he succeeds, will he ever return home? This tale of courage and sacrifice unfolds in a world where bravery knows no bounds.

From the publisher

A young boy must become the greatest cricket warrior of all time in order to save his family in this stirring folktale about bravery and sacrifice. This retelling of the Chinese folktale, “The Fighting Cricket,” first recorded in the seventeenth century, is a tale of extraordinary bravery, sacrifice, and familial devotion. Young Wei nian’s family is in trouble. Their farm has been fruitless for three years and their only hope of keeping it is to find a cricket for the emperor’s cricket fights. When Wei nian accidentally loses the cricket that they capture he is devastated, but an old man offers him a choice. Will Wei nian become the greatest cricket warrior of all to save his family? And if he does, will he ever find his way home again?

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