winner of the National Book Foundation’s “5 Under 35

In The Book of Peach

it feels like a dream come true to have a friend who can perform magic

They live inside that single

she tries to alert her neighbors and friends to the problem

The Emperor's New Clothes Aikido winner of the National BookLong ago in a province in China there lived an emperor whose greatest pleasure in life was to dress in new clothes. So begins Demi's retelling of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale about a proud emperor who does not see what is obvious until he hears the truth from a child. Based upon several different translations of the original Danish story, Demi's tale is set in old provincial China. Filled with exquisite details, bright panoramas, and golden