From renowned Japanese children’s author Sachiko Kashiwaba, Temple Alley Summer is a fantastical and mysterious adventure filled with the living dead, a magical pearl, and a suspiciously nosy black cat named Kiriko featuring beautiful illustrations...
A 2024 Mildred L. Batchelder Award HonoreeA 2024 USBBY Outstanding International BookOne of Kirkus Reviews’ 10 Essential Middle-Grade Books for Fall 2023 — Starred ReviewOne of Kirkus Reviews’ Best Middle-Grade Family Stories of 202...
Kashiwaba's novel is indeed transporting. . . . Pick up this book and be spirited away. — Gregory Maguire, The New York TimesFrom the bestselling, Batchelder Award-winning author and translator of Temple Alley Summer and The House of the Lost o...