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Iron widow / Iron widow / Xiran Jay Zhao.

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Record Number 863594
ISBN 9780861542420 (paperback)
Author Zhao, Xiran Jay author.
Title Iron widow / Xiran Jay Zhao.
Publisher/Date London : Oneworld Publications, 2021.
©2021
Pagination etc. 394 pages ; 22 cm.
Series Iron widow 1
Summary Note Pacific Rim meets The Handmaid's Tale in this blend of Chinese history and mecha science fiction for YA readers.The boys of Huaxia dream of pairing up with girls to pilot Chrysalises, giant transforming robots that can battle the mecha aliens that lurk beyond the Great Wall. No one cares that their female co-pilots must serve as concubines and sacrifice their lives. When 18-year-old Zetian offers herself up as a concubine-pilot, her plan is to assassinate the man responsible for her sister's death. But on miraculously emerging from the cockpit unscathed after her first battle, she has a new plan. The time has come to overturn the entire patriarchal military system.
Target audience note 13-16 years old.
Subject Robots -- Juvenile fiction
Young women -- Juvenile fiction
Sex role -- Juvenile fiction
Women air pilots -- Juvenile fiction
Concubinage -- China -- Juvenile fiction
Government, Resistance to -- Juvenile fiction
Young adult fiction
Fantasy fiction
Alternative histories (Fiction)
Shelf Location YA ZHAO
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