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.

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
Subjects:	Mildred L. Batchelder honor book > 2010. Water spirits > Young adult fiction. Spirits > Young adult fiction. Princes > Young adult fiction. Monsters > Young adult fiction. Fathers > Young adult fiction. Swordplay > Young adult fiction. Fantasy fiction > Young adult.

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.