{"id":19187,"date":"2024-10-03T17:09:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T21:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/?page_id=19187"},"modified":"2025-11-21T13:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T18:04:09","slug":"a-y-chan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/a-y-chan\/","title":{"rendered":"A. Y. Chan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A. Y. Chan grew up in the Greater Toronto Area. She is a student of several forms of martial arts<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fiction (Juvenile)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Legendary Mo Seto<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

New York: Aladdin, 2024.
PZ7.1.C428 L44 2024<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publisher’s Synopsis (From its website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Twelve-year-old Modesty \u201cMo\u201d Seto dreams of being a taekwondo champion. Even though her mom disapproves, Mo can always count on her dad, who is her number one fan and biggest supporter. Lately, Mo has been on a losing streak, and it doesn\u2019t help that she keeps losing to her archnemesis, Dax, who\u2019s much bigger than her. If only she were faster, stronger, not so petite. Mo can\u2019t even lean on her dad like usual with how distracted he\u2019s been lately.

When Mo learns about the chance to audition to star alongside her idol and legendary martial artist and movie star Cody Kwok, she knows this her chance to prove to her dad, to the world, and to herself that she can compete with anyone, no matter her size. Unfortunately, Dax is auditioning, too. As Mo and her nemesis progress to callbacks, someone attempts to sabotage the movie set and Mo\u2019s dad disappears\u2014and both events seem linked to a mysterious book, the Book of Joy<\/em>.

The book contains information on Xiaoxi Fu, a secret dance-like martial art developed by Mo\u2019s ancestral grandmother. Armed with these secret moves and an unexpected ally, Mo embarks on a high-octane adventure to rescue her father, save the movie, and discover an unexpected joy in being small.
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Fiction (Juvenile)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Martial Arts Star<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

New York: Aladdin, 2025.
Series: The Legendary Mo Seto ; bk 2
PZ7.1.C428 M37 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publisher’s Synopsis (From its website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

After rescuing her dad, along with martial arts film star Cody Kwok and the ancient Book of Joy<\/em> from a big player in the notorious Five Claw crime organization, Mo is on to her next challenge: filming a movie with Cody! Mo and Dax are whisked away to Hong Kong to start work on The Prot\u00e9g\u00e9s<\/em>. It\u2019s Mo\u2019s first overseas trip, and she is awestruck by the glitz and glamour of the international film experience.

Soon after they arrive, they attend a party at Cody\u2019s house, where Mo and Dax meet Cody\u2019s younger sister, Fiona, who appears snobby and cold. Mo is shocked when Cody\u2019s father gives Cody a familiar-looking book: the Book of Sorrow<\/em>, a piece in the trilogy of books that holds ancient techniques that have been passed down for generations. She is even more shocked when a thief steals it while the party is in full swing and not even her martial arts skills can stop them!

With no leads on the identity of the mysterious thief, Mo recruits the help of a reluctant Fiona, dons her detective hat, and, in between filming, sets out on a mission to find her ancient ancestors\u2019 Book of Sorrow<\/em>. Can she find and protect the book and make her martial arts movie dreams come true?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A. Y. Chan personal website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publisher Aladdin<\/a>, an imprint of Simon and Schuster<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A. Y. Chan grew up in the Greater Toronto Area. She is a student of several forms of martial arts Fiction (Juvenile) The Legendary Mo Seto New York: Aladdin, 2024.PZ7.1.C428 L44 2024 Publisher’s Synopsis (From its website) Twelve-year-old Modesty \u201cMo\u201d … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":16,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19187","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19187"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20876,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19187\/revisions\/20876"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}