| Description |
204 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
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710L Lexile |
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710L Lexile |
| Summary |
"In the wake of a devastating earthquake and tsunami, Yui, fleeing her violent husband, and Hiyori, a young orphan, are taken in by a strange but kind old lady named Kiwa in the small town of Kitsunezaki. The newly formed family finds refuge in a mayoiga, a lost house, perched atop a beautiful cape overlooking the sea. While helping to rebuild Kitsunezaki, the three adapt to their new lives and supernatural new home, slowly healing from their troubled pasts. Kiwa regales Yui and Hiyori with local legends--from the shapeshifting fox-woman who used to roam the mountains, to the demon Agamé and a sea snake who once terrorized the townspeople, preying upon their grief and fears until they trapped the snake and the demon's claws in an underwater cave. But when mysterious and sinister events start happening around town, the three fear the worst. Did the earthquake release Agamé and the sea snake into the world again? Kiwa, Yui, and Hiyori join forces with a merry band of kappa river spirits, a bold zashiki warashi house spirit, and flying Jizo guardian statues to save their new family and home and banish Agamé and the snake once and for all"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Runaway children -- Juvenile fiction.
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Older women -- Juvenile fiction.
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Abandoned houses -- Juvenile fiction.
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Natural disasters -- Juvenile fiction.
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Fantasy -- Juvenile fiction.
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Japan -- Juvenile fiction.
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| Genre |
Light novels.
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| Added Author |
Saito, Yukiko, illustrator.
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Udagawa, Avery Fischer, 1979- translator.
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| Added Title |
Misaki no mayoiga. English.
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| ISBN |
9781632063373 hc. |
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