![]() ![]() This study guide refers to the 2018 HarperCollins Publisher print edition.Ĭontent Warnings: This book contains self-harm, recreational drug use and drug addiction, racism, classism, colorism, physical abuse, mental abuse, explicit wartime violence, explicit sexual violence, sexual assault, human experimentation, suicide, and genocide.įang Runin, or Rin, is a war orphan from Tikany, in Nikan’s Rooster Province. It is a two-time Goodreads Choice Award winner, a Nebula and Locus Award finalist, and a Stabby, Crawford, and Compton Crook Award winner. The book deals with themes such as the price of war and the loss of humanity. When war breaks out between her home country of Nikan and the Federation of Mugen, Rin must quickly become a hardened soldier. She discovers a mysterious power and trains to become a shaman to the vengeful god, the Phoenix. ![]() The book follows Fang Runin, a peasant girl who is accepted to Sinegard Academy. The Poppy War is followed by The Dragon Republic (2019) and The Burning God (2020). Kuang Asks: ‘What If Mao Was a Teenage Girl?‘“ NPR Book News & Features. She has stated that Rin is based on Mao Zedong and that The Poppy War trilogy explores the question, “what makes a monster?” (Yu, Alan. ![]() Kuang began writing The Poppy War at 19 while teaching debate in China. ![]()
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