Sachiko Kashiwaba

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 Award From renowned Japanese children's author Sachiko Kashiwaba, Temple Alley Summer is a fantastical and mysterious adventure filled with the living dead, magical pearls, and a suspiciously nosy black cat named Kiriko featuring beautiful illustrations from Miho Satake. Kazu knows something odd is going on when he sees a young girl in a white dress sneak out of his house in the middle of the night--was he dreaming? Did he see a ghost? Things get even stranger when he shows up to school the next day to see the very same figure sitting in his classroom. No one else thinks it's weird, and, even though Kazu doesn't remember ever seeing her before, they all seem convinced that the ghost-girl Akari has been their friend for years! When Kazu's summer project to learn about Kimyo Temple draws the meddling attention of his mysterious neighbor Ms. Minakami and his secretive new classmate Akari, Kazu soon learns that not everything is as it seems in his hometown. Kazu discovers that Kyoto Temple is linked to a long forgotten legend about bringing the dead to life, which could explain Akari's sudden appearance--is she a zombie or a ghost? Kazu and Akari join forces to find and protect the source of the temple's power. An unfinished story in a magazine from Akari's youth might just hold the key to keeping Akari in the world of the living, and it's up to them to find the story's ending and solve the mystery as the adults around them conspire to stop them from finding the truth.

Découvrez pour la première fois en France l’histoire qui a inspiré le chef-d’œuvre de Hayao Miyazaki, Le Voyage de Chihiro ! Partie seule dans un lieu reculé pour les vacances, Lina se perd dans un épais brouillard. Lorsque la brume se dissipe enfin, la jeune fille découvre au cœur de celle-ci un village incongru… peuplé de personnages mystérieux et hauts en couleur. Coincée dans la pension d’une vieille mégère à la tête bien trop grosse, Lina va alors devoir travailler dans des boutiques plus extravagantes les unes que les autres pour regagner sa liberté au cours d’un voyage d’apprentissage rythmé par des rencontres inoubliables.

Et si vous pouviez changer de vie ? Une histoire poignante par l’autrice de La Cité des brumes oubliées ! La jeune Moeka vient de perdre ses parents. Elle est en route pour la gare de Kitsunezaki afin d’être recueillie par des proches. Dans le même train se trouve Yurie, une jeune femme cherchant à échapper à un mari violent. Leur destin est soudainement bouleversé par un tremblement de terre et un tsunami de grande envergure. Elles survivent, et doivent bientôt confirmer leur identité au centre d’évacuation. Autant dire l’opportunité de s’inventer une vie nouvelle. Une femme âgée, Kiwa, apparaît pour leur venir en aide. Les trois femmes entament une mystérieuse vie commune au croisement de trois générations. Un conte social émouvant où se mêlent contes populaires et yôkai.

- Rina, vieni qui! Ti accompagnerò in sala da pranzo. Ah ecco, prima mi sono scordata di dirti il mio nome. Mi chiamo Pipity Picotte. - Detto ciò, la vecchietta si alzo di scatto. In piedi, era alta più o meno come Rina e attorno alla testa aveva capelli d'argento intrecciati. A motivo ciò, forse, il capo pareva terribilmente grande.Nonostante fosse estate, il vestito nero era a maniche lunghe, con l'orlo che scendeva fino ai piedi. Avvicinandosi a Rina, la vecchietta la studiò. - Sei miope, mettiti gli occhiali. Se fai una smorfia per vedere le cose, ti verranno fuori le rughe. Ma che acconciatura hai? Non si può dire che tu abbia un bel visetto, per cui, se trascuri i capelli, non resta niente che valga la pena di vedere. E poi, sei troppo in carne. Speriamo che non si rompa il letto che hai in camera - e dicendo queste cose, si mosse velocemente.A Rina quelle sembravano parole degne di un diavolo.A sentirsi elencare senza riserbo i propri difetti da una persona appena incontrata, l'amor proprio di Rina venne ferito a morte.- La odio, la straodio! -

From the author of the Batchelder Award-winning novel Temple Alley Summer, comes The House of the Lost on the Cape, the moving story of three generations of women adapting to their new home, and its mythical inhabitants, in the tragic aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake disaster. 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 Jizō guardian statues to save their new family and home and banish Agamé and the snake once and for all. Now a hit anime film, The House of the Lost on the Cape is a heartwarming tale about the strength of family and friendship in the face of natural and mythical forces.