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Lost & Found: Based on a True Story has been selected as a finalist in the 2025 BC and Yukon Book Prize - Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize category

April 12, 2025
Lost & Found: Based on a True Story has been selected as a finalist in the 2025 BC and Yukon Book Prize - Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize category!

First book birthday for Mei Yu's graphic novel memoir Lost & Found: Based on a True Story

April 2, 2025
Happy 1st book birthday to my debut graphic novel memoir Lost & Found: Based on a True Story! If you haven't yet, get it from Amazon here!

New release featuring Scary Fairy Tales: Snow White and the 7 Sins by Mei Yu and Shawn Yu, sibling creators.

March 20, 2025
An illustrated novel dark fantasy horror fairy tale retelling, Snow White and the 7 Sins, is now available on Amazon!

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Featured Illustrated Novel

For those who love their fairy tales SCARY

Cover of Scary Fairy Tales #1: Snow White and the 7 Sins by Mei Yu and Shawn Yu, sibling creators.

The "fairest of them all" is not what it seems...

Seven Sins, Seven Sins in all,
Seven Sins, Seven Sins must fall.
Seven Sins must be slain before
One can be at peace forever more.

Ensnared in The Queen’s deadly hunting game, Princess Snow White must find a way to survive the night and slay the Seven Sins...

...if they don’t slay her first.

Enter a dark retelling of the classic fairy tale as you’ve never seen before by sibling creators Mei Yu and Shawn Yu.

Available now in paperback and eBook on Amazon!

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Teaser images from Scary Fairy Tales #1: Snow White and the 7 Sins by Mei Yu and Shawn Yu, sibling creators.

Promotional image for Snow White and the 7 Sins, a dark fantasy horror fairy tale retelling by Mei Yu and Shawn Yu, sibling creators.

An excerpt of the Seven Sins from the dark fantasy horror illustrated novel by Mei Yu and Shawn Yu, sibling creators.

Featured Graphic Novel

Lost & Found: Based on a True Story is an inspiring graphic novel memoir to encourage children to overcome challenges in new schools and environments, and be proud of who they are!

Cover of Lost and Found graphic novel memoir by Mei Yu.

Published by Union Square Kids, New York

Silver Birch Express Award nominee badge. Nominated for the Forest of Reading's Silver Birch Express Award

Nominated for the American Library Association (ALA)'s 2024 Best Graphic Novels for Children Reading List

Selected as one of Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best Books 2024!

Selected as one of the 2025 finalists for the BC and Yukon Book Prizes - Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize!

Book Industry Reviews

★ "Yu’s fictionalized biographical immigration story highlights perseverance and creative problem solving. The ‘Note to Readers,’ author’s note, and bonus story are fantastic additions... Highly recommended." — School Library Journal STARRED Review

"This bright and bubbly early reader graphic novel, based on debut creator Yu’s own immigration story, validates the sometimes overwhelming nature of learning an unfamiliar language as a child in a new country." — Publishers Weekly

"Charming, funny, and full of heart." — Kirkus Reviews

Order the Lost and Found graphic novel memoir

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...or contact your local bookstore or comic store! If your local bookstore or comic store doesn't have Lost & Found, you can ask the staff to order "Lost & Found by Mei Yu" for you.