Overview
In a colonised land where tigers are being hunted to extinction and ancient magic stirs, two star-crossed teens - Lee Seung, a servant yearning for freedom, and Choi Eunji, a noble girl defying tradition - join forces to try and reshape their respective fates. But their relationship evolves from begrudging accomplices to bitter adversaries as they soon find themselves on opposite sides of a battle over the last tiger, a symbol of their people’s lost freedom and key to the liberation of their country. As the ties between Seung and Eunji are complicated by their conflicting loyalties, tensions rise - especially when a charming princeling of the empire begins to rival for Eunji's affection. In this friends-to-enemies-to-lovers story of forbidden romance, antagonists turned allies, oppression and liberation, neither Seung nor Eunji can abandon their mission - or each other. And as they embark on separate quests to find the elusive creature, each must also find the power within themselves to make their own destiny.
Full Product Details
Author: Julia Riew ,
Brad Riew
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers
Imprint: Kokila
Dimensions:
Width: 14.80cm
, Height: 2.90cm
, Length: 21.70cm
Weight: 0.473kg
ISBN: 9798217002047
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 29 July 2025
Recommended Age: From 12 years
Audience:
Young adult
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Teenage / Young adult
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
Availability: Not yet available
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Reviews
Praise for The Last Tiger by Julia Riew and Brad Riew: “… the story vividly highlights the plight of Koreans during a traumatic era.” —Kirkus Reviews
Praise for The Last Tiger by Julia Riew and Brad Riew: July/August 2025 Kids' Indie Next List (Young Adult) ★ “A reminder that knowledge and kindness are powerful tools.” —Booklist, starred review “… the story vividly highlights the plight of Koreans during a traumatic era.” —Kirkus Reviews
Author Information
Julia Riew is a writer, librettist, and composer-lyricist best known for Shimcheong: A Folktale which is currently in development for the stage with Tony Award–winning director Diane Paulus and GLAAD Award–winning playwright Diana Son. In addition to the recipient of the 2022 Fred Ebb Award for Musical Theater Songwriting, Julia has been Playbill’s Featured Songwriter of the Month, a Woman to Watch on Broadway, a Princess Grace Award Honoraria recipient, the inaugural Harvardwood Artist Launch Fellowship winner, and the inaugural Musicians United for Social Equity (MUSE) Linda Twine Scholarship winner. Julia graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard in 2022 with a BA in theater and music. IG: @JuliaRiew (62K+) TikTok: @JuliaRiew (137K+). More here: JuliaRiew.com Brad Riew is an MFA candidate in Fiction at New York University's creative writing program. He graduated from Harvard College in 2018 with a degree in Psychology, where he won the Ecker Short Story Prize. The Last Tiger, co-written with his younger sister Julia Riew, is his first novel. Brad lives in Brooklyn, New York.
