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The Red Palace



by
June Hur

Edition
Hardcover edition
Publisher
Macmillan
Imprint
Feiwel & Friends
ISBN
9781250800558
POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE AREAS
Violence: General , Sexual Content: Mild Sexual Content/Themes
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JLG Category

Mystery High Plus

A young palace nurse investigates a pattern of grisly murders in this romantic YA historical mystery from the author of The Silence of Bones.

Joseon (Korea), 1758. There are few options available to illegitimate daughters in the capital city, but through hard work and study, eighteen-year-old Hyeon has earned a position as a palace nurse. All she wants is to keep her head down, do a good job, and perhaps finally win her estranged father's approval.

But Hyeon is suddenly thrust into the dark and dangerous world of court politics when someone murders eight palace nurses in a single night, and the prime suspect is Hyeon's closest friend and mentor.

In her hunt for the truth, she encounters Eojin, a young police inspector also searching for the killer. When evidence begins to point to the Crown Prince himself, Hyeon and Eojin must work together to search the darkest corners of the palace to uncover the secrets behind the bloodshed.

Author’s note.

POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE AREAS
Violence: General , Sexual Content: Mild Sexual Content/Themes

Details

Format

Print

Page Count

336

Trim Size

8 3/10" x 5 2/5"

Dewey

F

AR

6: points 12

Lexile

HL780L

Genre

Fic

Scholastic Reading Counts

0

JLG Release

Apr 2022

Book Genres

Mystery, Detective Story

Topics

Murder. Secrets. Criminal investigations. Nurses. Mystery and detective stories. History of Korea (Choson Dynasty, 1392–1910). Romance.

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Praise & Reviews

School Library Journal

Gr 8 Up-Eighteen-year-old Hyeon is a palace nurse, one of the only esteemed positions open to illegitimate daughters in 1758 Joseon Korea. It is also an incredibly dangerous one, as royals and courtiers move servants about the palace like pieces in their political games, with little concern for those who are sacrificed for power. When a massacre occurs at her old nursing school, the police fixate on Hyeon's friend and mentor to counter the anonymous handbills that have been plastered all over the capital accusing the Crown Prince. To clear her mentor's name, Hyeon teams up with 18-year-old Seo Eojin, a new inspector also determined to put truth before politics. Hyeon walks a knife's edge: She is the Crown Prince's alibi, but on the night of the massacre he was nowhere to be found. Hur's Joseon mysteries are groundbreaking, and this retelling of Prince Sado is no exception. She balances the romance and court politics with the terrible cruelties of police violence and societal caste systems. Her use of Korean words lends itself to meticulous worldbuilding and broadens her readers' understanding of the culture, context, and emotional resonance in her story. Perhaps most impressive is Hyeon's growth as she learns everyone has a life as complicated and complete as her own. The cast is Korean. VERDICT Hur set the bar high with her previous works and has cleared it with room to spare. A tense political thriller, a beautiful romance, and a coming of age all in one unique package.-Emmy Neal

Praise & Reviews

School Library Journal

Gr 8 Up-Eighteen-year-old Hyeon is a palace nurse, one of the only esteemed positions open to illegitimate daughters in 1758 Joseon Korea. It is also an incredibly dangerous one, as royals and courtiers move servants about the palace like pieces in their political games, with little concern for those who are sacrificed for power. When a massacre occurs at her old nursing school, the police fixate on Hyeon's friend and mentor to counter the anonymous handbills that have been plastered all over the capital accusing the Crown Prince. To clear her mentor's name, Hyeon teams up with 18-year-old Seo Eojin, a new inspector also determined to put truth before politics. Hyeon walks a knife's edge: She is the Crown Prince's alibi, but on the night of the massacre he was nowhere to be found. Hur's Joseon mysteries are groundbreaking, and this retelling of Prince Sado is no exception. She balances the romance and court politics with the terrible cruelties of police violence and societal caste systems. Her use of Korean words lends itself to meticulous worldbuilding and broadens her readers' understanding of the culture, context, and emotional resonance in her story. Perhaps most impressive is Hyeon's growth as she learns everyone has a life as complicated and complete as her own. The cast is Korean. VERDICT Hur set the bar high with her previous works and has cleared it with room to spare. A tense political thriller, a beautiful romance, and a coming of age all in one unique package.-Emmy Neal

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