Moribito II Guardian of the Darkness

The wandering female bodyguard Balsa returns to her native country of Kanbal, where she uncovers a conspiracy to frame her mentor and herself.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Uehashi, Nahoko
Other Authors: Hirano, Cathy, Shimizu, Yuko, 1965- (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Japanese
Published: New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, Ã2009.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Moribito ; #02
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Summary:The wandering female bodyguard Balsa returns to her native country of Kanbal, where she uncovers a conspiracy to frame her mentor and herself.
Item Description:Original Japanese title was Yami no Moribito.
Physical Description:245, [15] pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Audience:Middle School.
830
Awards:Batchelder Honor Book, 2010.
ISBN:9780545102957 (hardcover)
0545102952 (hardcover)
9780545108744 (pbk.)
0545108748 (pbk.)
Author Notes:Nahoko Uehashi is the author of ten books in the Moribito series, which have sold more than a million copies and won many major literary awards in her native Japan. An associate professor at a Japanese university, she has a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology and studies indigenous peoples in Australia. She lives near Tokyo, Japan.