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"One rainy night, Kazu sees a strange figure in a white kimono sneak out of his house--was he dreaming? Did he see a ghost? The next day at school, the very same person is sitting in his class--and all his friends are convinced that the ghost-girl Akari has been their friend for years. If that isn't...

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Main Author: Kashiwaba, Sachiko, 1953- (Author)
Other Authors: Satake, Miho (Illustrator), Udagawa, Avery Fischer, 1979- (Translator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Japanese
Published: Brooklyn, New York : Yonder, an imprint of Restless Books, 2021.
Edition:First Restless Books hardcover edition.
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Temples > Japan > Juvenile fiction.
Friendship > Juvenile fiction.
Supernatural > Juvenile fiction.
Ghost stories > Juvenile.
Paranormal fiction > Juvenile.
Fantasy fiction > Juvenile.
Light novels > Juvenile.
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Summary:"One rainy night, Kazu sees a strange figure in a white kimono sneak out of his house--was he dreaming? Did he see a ghost? The next day at school, the very same person is sitting in his class--and all his friends are convinced that the ghost-girl Akari has been their friend for years. If that isn't weird enough, Kazu learns that his house is in the exact location of an ancient temple called Kimyō, which, legend has it, could bring the dead back to life! Kazu sets out to discover what happened to Kimyō Temple and if the rumors of its power are true. His investigation draws the unwanted attention of his neighbor Ms. Minakami and his mysterious new classmate Akari, who is definitely not what she seems. Now, Kazu and Akari must join forces to find and protect the source of the temple's power, before it's too late"--Provided by publisher.
Item Description:Translation of: Kimyōji yokochō no natsu.
Physical Description:232 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN:9781632063038
1632063034
Author Notes: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.
Avery Fischer Udagawa grew up in Kansas and studied English and Asian Studies at St. Olaf College in Minnesota. She holds an MA in advanced Japanese studies from the University of Sheffield. She has studied at Nanzan University, Nagoya, on a Fulbright fellowship, and at the Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies, Yokohama. She writes, translates and works in international education near Bangkok, where she lives with her bicultural family.
Miho Satake is a Japanese artist and illustrator. She is best known for illustrating the Japanese editions of several classic children's books including Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones, three books in the Kiki's Delivery Service series by Eiko Kadono, and the twentieth-anniversary edition of the Harry Potter series. In addition to illustrating classic children's literature, her work spans a wide range of genres, including fantasy and realism.

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