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2023 Review - 5 stars
Seven Daughters and Seven Sons tells the story of Buran, the 4th of 7 daughters born to a poor merchant. Determined to take fate into her own hands, she disguises herself as a boy and travels to a distant city to make her fortune.

I remember my Mom reading this one out loud to us kids on a road trip. I stole the book and read ahead. Then I convinced her to not read out loud further because I was a prudish 16-year-old. (view spoiler)[There is a scene in Part 3 where she (gasp) describes her naked body. Nothing explicit, it is part of her realizing that living as a boy for two years have not hidden the reality that she has breasts. (hide spoiler)]

Anyway, whatever my qualms, I still loved this book. I loved the cross-dressing, the romance, the enchanted quality of it. Like many books I read and loved in high school, I came back hesitant but was delighted by how well it held up. (And I was surprised by how much of it I still basically had memorized!)

Now that I own a copy (thank you, Kris!) I plan on coming back to it more often.

2009 - 4 stars