Fr. 23.90

Temple Alley Summer

English · Hardback

Shipping usually within 3 to 5 weeks

Description

Read more










From renowned Japanese children's author Sachiko Kashiwaba, Temple Alley Summer is a fantastical and mysterious adventure filled with the living dead, magical pearls, and a suspiciously nosy black cat named Kiriko featuring beautiful illustrations from Miho Satake.


List of contents










  1. A Ghost at My House!
  2. Am I the Only Clueless One?
  3. Strange Old People
  4. A Family Secret
  5. Daisy
  6. "The Moon Is on the Left" Part One
  7. "The Moon Is on the Left" Part Two
  8. Dead Ends
  9. Who Is Mia Lee?
  10. "The Moon Is on the Left" Part Three
  11. "The Moon Is on the Left" Part Four
  12. Summer's End


About the author










Sachiko Kashiwaba is a prolific writer of children's and young adult fantasy whose career spans more than four decades. Her works have garnered the prestigious Sankei, Shogakukan, and Noma children's literature awards, and her novel The Village Beyond the Mist inspired Hayao Miyazaki's film Spirited Away. Her works have recently been animated as the films The Wonderland and The House of the Lost on the Cape, and her novel Temple Alley Summer, illustrated by Miho Satake and translated by Avery Fischer Udagawa, won the American Library Association's 2022 Mildred L. Batchelder Award. She lives in Morioka, Iwate.


Summary

Winner of the 2022 Mildred L. Batchelder Award
A July/August 2021 Kids’ Indie Next Pick
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
From renowned Japanese children’s author Sachiko Kashiwaba, Temple Alley Summer is a fantastical and mysterious adventure featuring the living dead, a magical pearl, and a suspiciously nosy black cat named Kiriko.
Kazu knows something odd is going on when he sees a girl in a white kimono sneak out of his house in the middle of the night—was he dreaming? Did he see a ghost? Things get even stranger when he shows up to school the next day to see the very same figure sitting in his classroom. No one else thinks it’s weird, and, even though Kazu doesn’t remember ever seeing her before, they all seem convinced that the ghost-girl Akari has been their friend for years!
When Kazu’s summer project to learn about Kimyo Temple draws the meddling attention of his mysterious neighbor Ms. Minakami and his secretive new classmate Akari, Kazu soon learns that not everything is as it seems in his hometown. Kazu discovers that Kimyo Temple is linked to a long forgotten legend about bringing the dead to life, which could explain Akari’s sudden appearance—is she a zombie or a ghost? Kazu and Akari join forces to find and protect the source of the temple's power. An unfinished story in a magazine from Akari’s youth might just hold the key to keeping Akari in the world of the living, and it’s up to them to find the story’s ending and solve the mystery as the adults around them conspire to stop them from finding the truth.

Additional text

“A humorous yet thoughtful mystery chock-full of the fantastical, this is a must-read for young fans of Studio Ghibli—an especially warranted comparison, as another book by Kashiwaba served as inspiration for Spirited Away. Lovingly translated into English from the original 2011 text, this version is completely accessible to an English-language audience while retaining a classic Japanese sensibility and storytelling style…. Highly recommended.”
School Library Journal

Product details

Authors Sachiko Kashiwaba
Assisted by Miho Satake (Illustration), Avery Udagawa (Translation), Avery Fischer Udagawa (Translation)
Publisher Ingram Publishers Services
 
Languages English
Age Recommendation ages 8 to 13
Product format Hardback
Released 31.07.2021
 
EAN 9781632063038
ISBN 978-1-63206-303-8
No. of pages 240
Dimensions 146 mm x 216 mm x 22 mm
Weight 436 g
Illustrations schwarz-weiss Illustrationen
Subjects Children's and young people's books

JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic, JUVENILE FICTION / Fairy Tales & Folklore / Country & Ethnic, JUVENILE FICTION / Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural

Customer reviews

No reviews have been written for this item yet. Write the first review and be helpful to other users when they decide on a purchase.

Write a review

Thumbs up or thumbs down? Write your own review.

For messages to CeDe.ch please use the contact form.

The input fields marked * are obligatory

By submitting this form you agree to our data privacy statement.