Nate Yu's Blast from the Past
Nate Yu's Blast from the Past
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Boy meets ghost in a tale of unlikely friendship
“Maisie Chan writes delightful and inspiring stories packed with humour and characters young readers can really relate to. We are super excited about Nate Yu's Blast from the Past, which blends contemporary and historical settings with warmth and plenty of surprises!”
~Emily
Nate Yu Riley loves three things: his Switch, his ant farm (especially Betsy, queen of the colony) and his family.
He's not so sure about some other things, like moving to a big city, starting a new school, and his parents making him do Chinese stuff. They're always trying to get him to embrace his heritage, but Nate can't speak Chinese, and he doesn't know anything about Chinese customs.
But when Nate comes across an old shell casing engraved with a Chinese dragon, he can't stop thinking about it. And when he touches the shell, someone extraordinary appears. A ghost from long ago. Someone who needs Nate's help - and Nate might just need his, too ...
Maisie Chan is a British-born Chinese author. Her debut novel Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths won the Branford Boase Award and the Jhalak Book Prize, and was also shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Awards and the Diverse Book Awards. Maisie also writes the young fiction series Tiger Warrior and is one of the authors in the bestselling The Very Merry Murder Club anthology. She runs the Bubble Tea Writers Network that supports and encourages writers of East and Southeast Asian heritage in the UK. Originally from Birmingham, Maisie now lives with her family in Glasgow.
Number of pages: 256
Reading age guide: 8 to 12 years
Publication date: 12th June 2025
Publisher: Piccadilly Press
ISBN: 9781800787896
Format: Paperback
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