This is the fourth book in the series. Don’t read this blog before you read Tiger, Monkey, and Snake. Hok is the main character of this story. Her name is means Crane in Cantonese and she is a crane style kung-fu master. The story starts in her dream of what has happened to her so far. She’s been drugged and was asleep until she pinches herself. Another fallen monk from Shaolin has used Hok as a bait when she was unconscious again to destroy Shaolin. After waking up, she runs away from Shaolin Temple during another assault and gets a dislocated arm. She relocates it and finds her mother Bing, and a Dutch boy named Charles. They find Seh, Malao and Fu and escape from Tonglong and Seh’s mother, AnGangseh. Malao and Fu gets captured by Tonglong. Ying is under arrest from false accusation, and Hok rescues him. Seh becomes blind after the rescue attempt. Later Fu, Malao,  are in a fighting club where they find there hiding brother, Long. What is Long doing there? What is Ying accused of? What is Tonglong’s next move? If you want to find out, read Crane. This book is good for both boys and girls and those who like Chinese history and martial arts.

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Enoch T.