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Six Car Lengths Behind an Elephant
- Location(s): India, Japan, Spain, Venezuela
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 20th century
“If you’re married to a spy, the always fraught arena of a relationship turns into a positive minefield. What does that all-night absence mean? What can you begin to say to the kids? In Six Car Lengths Behind an...
- Location(s): Japan
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 20th Century
Shimamura is tired of the bustling city. He takes the train through the snow to the mountains of the west coast of Japan, to meet with a geisha he believes he loves. Beautiful and innocent, Komako is tightly bound...
- Location(s): Japan
- Genre(s): Fiction, Crime, Historical
- Era(s): 1699
In Japan, 1699. Sa no Ichiro, the samurai detective who has risen to power and influence in the shogun’s court, has attracted dangerous rivals. When their son is kidnapped, Sano and his wife, Reiko, set off on a desperate...
- Location(s): Japan
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1990s
The marriage of Kaname and Misako is disintegrating: whilst seeking passion and fulfilment in the arms of others, they contemplate the humiliation of divorce. Misako’s father believes their relationship has been damaged by the influence of a new and...
- Location(s): Hiroshima
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): 1945
The haunting and poignant story of a how a young Japanese girl’s understanding of the historic and tragic bombing of Hiroshima is transformed by a memorial lantern-floating ceremony. Twelve-year-old Nozomi lives in the Japanese city of Hiroshima. She wasn’t...
- Location(s): Osaka
- Genre(s): Fantasy
- Era(s): Contemporary
Urban myths are becoming urban facts, gods have started to ride the subway and a monster from ancient folklore is hungrily stalking the streets. While working in the vibrant city of Osaka, Australian bush witch, Alley Weaver, is suddenly...
- Location(s): Tokyo
- Genre(s): Biography, Historical
- Era(s): 19th century
A vivid, deeply researched work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman in Edo – now known as Tokyo – and a portrait of a great city on the brink of momentous change The daughter of...
- Location(s): Tokyo
- Genre(s): Future, Fiction
- Era(s): Future
Welcome to the Japan of tomorrow. Here, the practice of a radical sympathy toward criminals has become the norm and a grand skyscraper in the heart of Tokyo is planned to house wrongdoers in compassionate comfort – Sympathy Tower...
Tales of Japan: Traditional Stories of Monsters and Magic
- Location(s): Japan
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): N/A
A goblin with no body and a monster with no face. A resourceful samurai and a faithful daughter. A spirit of the moon and a dragon king. This collection of 15 traditional Japanese folktales transports readers to a time...
- Location(s): Japan
- Genre(s): Children, Mystery, Paranormal
- Era(s): Contemporary
Winner of the 2022 Mildred L. Batchelder Award A July/August 2021 Kids’ Indie Next Pick A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection Winner of a 2022 SCBWI Crystal Kite AwardFrom renowned Japanese children’s author Sachiko Kashiwaba, Temple Alley Summer...
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