Celebrated author Sarah Kuhn reinvents the modern fairy tale in this intensely personal yet hilarious novel of a girl whose search for a storybook ending takes her to unexpected places in both her beloved LA neighborhood and her own guarded heart.
If Rika’s life seems like the beginning of a familiar fairy tale–being an orphan with two bossy cousins and working away in her aunts’ business–she would be the first to reject that foolish notion. After all, she loves her family (even if her cousins were named after Disney characters), and with her biracial background, amazing judo skills and red-hot temper, she doesn’t quite fit the princess mold.
All that changes the instant she locks eyes with Grace Kimura, America’s reigning rom-com sweetheart, during the Nikkei Week Festival. From there, Rika embarks on a madcap adventure of hope and happiness–searching for clues that Grace is her long-lost mother, exploring Little Tokyo’s hidden treasures with cute actor Hank Chen, and maybe…finally finding a sense of belonging.
But fairy tales are fiction and the real world isn’t so kind. Rika knows she’s setting herself up for disappointment, because happy endings don’t happen to girls like her. Should she walk away before she gets in even deeper, or let herself be swept away?
9780593403082
$10.50 US | Int’l PB | Viking Books for Young Readers
World
05/11/2021
Dr. Aphra teams up with Darth Vader himself in the original script to the audiobook production—an expanded adaptation of the critically acclaimed Marvel comics series.
9780593357248
$17.99 US | Int’l PB
US, Canada, Open Mkt
04/06/2021
Cassandra Cain, teenage assassin, isn’t exactly Batgirl material…yet. Will she step out of the shadows and overcome her greatest obstacle–that voice inside her head telling her she can never be a hero?
9781401289782
$16.99 US | Trade Paperback
World
02/04/2020
Evie Tanaka is the put-upon personal assistant to Aveda Jupiter, San Francisco’s most beloved superheroine. She’s great at her job but she’s not nearly as together when it comes to running her own life. When Evie’s forced to pose as her glamorous boss, her secret comes out: she has powers, too. Evie must finally become a superheroine in her own right…or see her city fall to a demonic invasion.
9780756410841
$16 US | Trade Paperback
US, Canada, Open Mkt
07/05/2016
Asian-American superheroines Evie Tanaka and Aveda Jupiter protect San Francisco from perilous threats in the first book in Sarah Kuhn’s snarky and smart fantasy trilogy • “The superheroine we’ve been waiting for.” —Seanan McGuire
Available in Mass Market!
9780756413279
$7.99 US | MM
US, Canada, Open Mkt
07/04/2017
Once upon a time, Aveda Jupiter was demon-infested San Francisco’s most beloved superheroine. But all that changed the day she agreed to share the spotlight with her former assistant Evie Tanaka—who’s now a badass, fire-wielding superheroine. They were supposed to be a dynamic duo, but Aveda finds herself shoved into the sidekick role. Where, it must be said, she is not at all comfortable.
9780756413262
$15 US | Trade Paperback
US, Canada, Open Mkt
07/04/2017
The third book in the smart, snarky, and action-packed Heroine series completes the “Heroic Trio” as Bea Tanaka joins her sister, Evie, and diva Aveda Jupiter in their quest to free San Francisco from its demon portal problem.
9780756410872
$7.99 US | MM
US, Canada, Open Mkt
07/02/2019
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Sarah Kuhn is the author of the popular Heroine Complex novels—a series starring Asian American superheroines. The first book is a Locus bestseller, an RT Reviewers’ Choice Award nominee, and one of the Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog’s Best Books of 2016. Her YA debut, the Japan-set romantic comedy I Love You So Mochi, is a Junior Library Guild selection and a nominee for YALSA’s Best Fiction for Young Adults. She has also penned a variety of short fiction and comics, including the critically acclaimed graphic novel Shadow of the Batgirl for DC Comics and the upcoming Star Wars audiobook original Doctor Aphra. Additionally, she was a finalist for both the CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment) New Writers Award and the Astounding Award for Best New Writer. A third generation Japanese American, she lives in Los Angeles with her husband and an overflowing closet of vintage treasures.
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