
Little monk and the mantis
by John Fusco
FictionMonksKung fuJuvenile fictionChildren's fictionMartial arts, fictionMonasticism and religious orders, fiction
A young monk at the Shaolin Temple develops a new style of self-defense after spending the summer alone in the Song Mountains and observing a small praying mantis battling a much larger beetle. Based on the seventeenth-century legend of Wong Long and the founding of praying mantis kung fu.
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Book data: Open Library