The last thing twelve-year-old Sayuri wants to do is move to the country, on "a trip to eternal boredom." Sayuri loves her life in the city and her...
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Apr 04, 2009
BunWat
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I liked this enough that I will be looking for other books by this author. It was a good kids or ya book about a girl and her little brother opening a door into another world.
I liked the family; a father who is a nurse, a mother who is a novelist who wears crazy platform shoes and rude tshirts. The main character is an athlete, a competitive swimmer, her little brother has asthma and all in all it reads like a modern family. Which is a nice change up, since kids fantasy so ofte More...
I liked the family; a father who is a nurse, a mother who is a novelist who wears crazy platform shoes and rude tshirts. The main character is an athlete, a competitive swimmer, her little brother has asthma and all in all it reads like a modern family. Which is a nice change up, since kids fantasy so ofte More...
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May 18, 2009
Abigail
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When twelve-year-old Sayuri Kato and her little brother Keiji enter the root cellar in their new home, they find themselves transported to Living Earth, a magical world in which humans are the story-book characters, and kappas, shape-shifting foxes, onis, tanukis, and other creatures of Japanese folklore are the real-life beings. When Keiji becomes lost, Sayuri must journey through this myth-inhabited land, accompanied by her new friends Echo and Machigai. Her search leads her to Great Uncle Mis
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