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Kazunomiya prisoner of heaven

Princess Kazunomiya, half-sister of the Emperor of Japan, relates in her diary and in poems the confusing events occurring in the Imperial Palace in 1858, including political and romantic intrigue.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lasky, Kathryn
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Scholastic, 2004.
Edition:	1st ed.
Series:	The royal diaries
Subjects:	Seikanʼin no Miya, > 1846-1877 > Juvenile fiction. Japan > History > Tokugawa period, 1600-1868 > Juvenile fiction. Kazunomiya, > Princess of Japan, > 1846-1877 > Juvenile fiction. Princesses > Juvenile fiction. Diaries > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	Princess Kazunomiya, half-sister of the Emperor of Japan, relates in her diary and in poems the confusing events occurring in the Imperial Palace in 1858, including political and romantic intrigue.
Physical Description:	156 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
ISBN:	0439164850
Author Notes:	Kathryn Lasky was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on June 24, 1944, and knew she wanted to be a writer from the time she was ten. She majored in English in college and after graduation wrote for various magazines and taught. Her first book, I Have Four Names for My Grandfather, was published while she was teaching. She has written more than seventy books for children and young adults on everything from historical fiction to picture books and nonfiction books including the Dear America books and the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series. Many of her books are illustrated with photographs by her husband, Christopher Knight. She has received many awards for her titles including Sugaring Time which was a Newberry Honor Book; The Night Journey which won the National Jewish Book Award for Children; Pageant which was an ALA Notable Children's book; and Beyond the Burning Time which was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. She has also received the Washington Post's Children's Book Guild Award for her contribution to children's nonfiction. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Bowker Author Biography)