Sitara, Lady of the Lotus
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Shaherazad Shelves · Ebook · July 23, 2025
Inspired by a Korean folktale, a Bengali princess attends a prestigious Korean academy...
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- Who it’s for
- Sitara records academy life while weighing her N’daian heritage and possible futures in Oreka.
- Genres
- Letters & Diaries for Teens, Royalty Stories for Teens, Asian American YA
- Published
- Shaherazad Shelves, July 23, 2025
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Inspired by a Korean folktale, a Bengali princess attends a prestigious Korean academy... Sitara has been insecure about her N'daian heritage for as long as she can remember. With a culture, religion, and appearance foreign to Oreka-the kingdom her parents immigrated to-Sitara is anxious about everything she does. Attending the Royal Academy, Sitara records her school life in a series of journal entries. The three years at the academy are meant to shape her-but into what?
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She could be a royal tailor like her only friend, Saya, a lady investigator like the wise Madame Joon-bin, or continue to defy Orekan norms by becoming a palace officer like her crush, Sir Jun-Seo. Where exactly does a N'daian princess like Sitara belong in Oreka?
Academy Journal
Sitara records academy life while weighing her N’daian heritage and possible futures in Oreka.
Come here for
- Sitara’s journal entries from three years at the Royal Academy
- A princess weighing several possible futures in Oreka
Expect
- A Korean folktale inspiration
- Questions of belonging, identity, and royal expectations
Where it sits
| Letters & Diaries for Teens | 46% |
|---|---|
| Royalty Stories for Teens | 37% |
| Asian American YA | 23% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Letters & Diaries for Teens
- Historical YA Fantasy
- Authors
- S.A. Hoque
- Publisher
- Shaherazad Shelves
- Published
- July 23, 2025
- Format
- Ebook
- Reading lane
- Letters & Diaries for Teens