Christina Getrost's Reviews > Girl Giant and the Monkey King

A fun middle grade/tween fantasy about a girl who has mysterious superstrength--which is a big bother to her as she longs to just be normal. When she accidentally releases the Monkey King, legendary Asian demon-god, from his captivity, he promises to help her if she does him a favor. There's all sorts of action and some humor; the Monkey King is a trickster god, after all. Thom misses her best friend but finally makes a friend in her new town, who harbors a secret having to do with the gods and mythology too. There is a lot of great Asian mythology and culture in the book, but in general it's a middle schooler trying to fit in on her soccer team and at school, who needs some heavenly help to get there. And really, who doesn't want to ultimately save the world with their superpowers?? Even if those superpowers mean you occasionally break a door or throw someone so high they fly out of sight!