Peasprout Chen, Future Legend of Skate and Sword by Henry Lien
Peasprout Chen and her little brother Cricket have been chosen by the dowager empress to represent their province at the Pearl Famous Academy of Skate and Sword in the famously beautiful city of Pearl. In exchange, the mayor of Pearl has sent two of his children to Shin, the poor rural area where Peasprout and Cricket grew up.
The Chen siblings were chosen because Peasprout is the best wu liu competitor in her entire province. She’s a celebrity there.
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Hey, any book with a ghost, a goat girl AND a vampire can't be all bad, right?
Whoa! Cool.
these sound fascinating
Hi Marion, The List of 5 is by James Davis Nicoll, rather than James Driscoll! Thanks for doing these entries.…
Surely, not the worst things in the world to collect: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pubs_not_in_series.cgi?408