![]() ![]() Including thoughtful introspection about Joan’s multi-ethnic identity and status as a half-human, half-monster, Len carefully reveals Joan’s new reality and moral struggle through an entertaining and carefully built trilogy opener. After her family is suddenly massacred and a hunt for surviving monsters is mounted, Joan partners with haughty 17-year-old Aaron Oliver, implied white, of a “cruel” monster family, to jump back in time and save their families-if they can. But when Joan inexplicably loses a whole day, Gran tells Joan the whole truth: that the Hunts are monsters, that monsters are able to time travel by stealing hours from a human’s life, and that each monster family has its own power. Len’s deeply imaginative debut follows 16-year-old history buff Joan Chang-Hunt, of Chinese Malaysian and English descent, who has long spent her summers with her deceased mother’s mother in London when Joan was six, her Gran revealed that the Hunts are monsters who “hide in plain sight.” This summer, Joan is looking forward to time with Nick, her presumed-white coworker and crush. Len’s deeply imaginative debut follows 16-year-old history buff Joan Chang-Hunt, of Chinese Malaysian and English descent, who has long spent her summers with her deceased mother’s mother in. ![]()
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