![]() ![]() Zhao also commented that they put the lead character Zachary through similar microaggressions and racism that they had experienced at the age of twelve when they were the only Asian student in their school. So then I basically wrote a book based on that. The First Emperor possesses this kid's AR gaming headset. What if he possessed a little kid and then sent him to China on an adventure? Yu-Gi-Oh does a lot of crossover between technology and magic, so that's what I did in Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor. I got the idea of the First Emperor of China, which I was really obsessed with because his story is so fascinating. I had the idea to riff off of Yu-Gi-Oh, which was a really formative media franchise when I was growing up. In an interview with CBC, Zhao highlighted their fascination with "genre crossovers". ![]() Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor, Xiran Jay Zhao's second novel, was released on. The book follows Zachary Ying, a Chinese American and Hui Muslim boy on his journey to save China from a horde of ancient spirits while being guided by the spirit of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China. Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor is a 2022 Canadian middle grade contemporary fantasy novel by Xiran Jay Zhao. ![]()
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