After inheriting a grieving fox spirit, a Chinese American boy must
learn to embrace his heritage to solve the mystery of his brother's
death in Jesse Q Sutanto's magical, action-packed middle grade fantasy,
Theo Tan and the Fox Spirit.
Theo Tan doesn't want a spirit companion. He just wants to be a normal
American kid, playing video games, going to conventions, and using cirth
pendants to cast his spells like everyone else. But, when his older
brother dies, Theo ends up inheriting Jamie's fox spirit, Kai.
Kai isn't happy about this either. Theo is nothing like Jamie, and the
two of them have never gotten along. But, when they realize the
mysterious journal Jamie left Theo is filled with clues and secret
codes, it's clear that something strange was going on with Jamie's
internship at Reapling Corp.
But the only way onto the campus is the highly competitive Know Your
Roots summer camp program, a celebration of Chinese and Indian cultures
designed to help connect students with their heritage. Theo and Kai will
have to put aside their differences long enough to honor Jamie's last
wishes, or the mystery he died for will remain unsolved forever...