The Secret of the Blue Glass

"I love this book" Michael Morpurgo A classic story about a magical miniature family's adventures in wartime Japan In a dusty library, in the quietest corner of a house in a Tokyo suburb, live the Little People: Fern and Balbo, Robin and Iris. Just a few inches high, sleeping in cigarette boxes and crafting shoes from old book jackets, they need only one thing from their Humans - a nightly glass of milk, served in a sparkling Blue Glass goblet, by a trusted young member of the Human family. But when the Second World War comes to Japan, bringing a dangerous new kind of patriotism, both Humans and their beloved Little People face a world they could never before have imagined. It will take great love, bravery, and a rather loyal pigeon, to bring their unique families back together once more...

Product details

• Authors: Tomiko Inui
• Assisted by: Takemori Ginny (Translation)
• Publisher: Pushkin Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 11
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 28.08.2025
• EAN: 9781782695035
• ISBN: 978-1-78269-503-5
• Series: Pushkin Children’s Classics
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic, JUVENILE FICTION / Classics, Fantasy & magical realism (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Classic fiction (Children's / Teenage)