張友漁
Yeou-Yu Chang

Yeou-Yu Chang is a Taiwanese children’s literature writer from Yuli Township, Hualien. Her works include The Senior, Boring Egg Town, How Are You Today, Princess?, A Guo Cycling on Suhua Highway, The Saigon Kid, My Dad Is a Rascal,, Hey, The One in a Skirt, Goodbye! Olive Tree, Orchid Island, Flying Fish, Giants, Stories, I Heard the Moon Has a Study Room, Let’s Paint a Magical Tree, The Little Chef Yuma series, and the Little Disciple Tu-Bao’s Creative Lessons series, including Seven Ways to Eat Carrots, What Happens After Three Monsters?, Praise for the Sea, and Forest’s Oddballs.

Yeou-Yu Chang has received numerous accolades. She won the 46th Golden Tripod Awards in the Children’s and Youth Books Category, and First Prize at the 2022 TIBE Book Prize in the Children’s and Young Adult Category. Her works were selected for the 2021 CommonWealth Magazine Foundation SDGs Children’s Sustainable Book List and recognized with the 2021 Good Books Everyone Reads Best Children’s and Youth Book Award and received recognition in the Ministry of Culture’s selection of books for primary and secondary school students.

My Dad Is a Rascal

我的爸爸是流氓

Fiction / Middle Grade(7-12)

A child from a lower-class family faces the most difficult and courageous decision. Parents and origins are not things we can choose, but what we can do is strive to break free from the constraints of fate and carve out our own path.

Author: Yeou-Yu Chang | Illustrator: Meng-Yun Wu
Publisher: CommonWealth Education Media and Publishing Co., Ltd.
ISBN: 9789862413937
184 pages | 17 × 21 cm

✦Over 20,000 copies sold

The Saigon Kid

西貢小子

Fiction / Middle Grade(7-12)

Many misunderstandings arise from cultural differences, but are we really that different? Let’s explore these differences together with our children to embrace a wide range of multicultural values.

Author: Yeou-Yu Chang | Illustrator: Chia-Chi Yu
Publisher: CommonWealth Education Media and Publishing Co., Ltd.
ISBN: 9789579095389
224 pages | 17 × 21 cm

✦Over 20,000 copies sold
✦Golden Tripod Awards

The Jianghu Adventure: the Lost Martial Art Contest

江湖,還有人嗎?

Fiction / Middle Grade(7-12)

The lost legends, including the lost martial arts contest, an iron pillar carving the winners’ names, and the mysterious beast, were hidden in a peaceful small village. One day, a group of strangers arrives, intent on retrieving the lost legends. Can two 13-year-old boys confront them and solve the mystery?

Publisher: Yuan-Liou Publishing Co Ltd
ISBN: 9789573297147
288 pages | 14.8 × 21 cm

✦2020 TIBE Book Prize; 2020 Golden Tripod Awards; 2020 The White Ravens

One Arrow Away

一箭之遙

Fiction / Middle Grade(7-12)

After Xiaopi miraculously defeats all the Jianghu people, he leaves his village to enter the larger Jianghu. Along the way, he is chased, challenged to compete, and encounters strange individuals. How will Xiaopi, new to the world, navigate the choice between righteousness and humanity?

Publisher: Yuan-Liou Publishing Co Ltd
ISBN: 9789573297130
296 pages | 14.8 × 21 cm

Goodbye, Olive Tree!

再見吧,橄欖樹

Fiction / Young Adult(13-18)

This book blends the faint fragrance of the soil with the sour taste of olives into a sentimental story about growth, nature, emotions, and family memories. It is dedicated to Taiwan and all the children growing up there.

Author: Yeou-Yu Chang | Illustrator (Cover): Chunzi Wang
Publisher: CommonWealth Education Media and Publishing Co., Ltd.
ISBN: 9789862415054
392 pages | 14.8 × 21 cm

✦Over 10,000 copies sold