Sachiko Kashiwaba

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 from Miho Satake. Kazu knows something odd is going on when he sees a girl in a white kimono 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 Kimyo 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.

Temple Alley Summer

The Village Beyond the Mist

Il meraviglioso paese oltre la nebbia

"The moving story of three generations of women adapting to their new home, and it's mythical inhabitants, in the tragic aftermath of the 2011 Tåohoku earthquake disaster"--

The House of the Lost on the Cape

Nesrine Mezouane

La Cité des brumes oubliées

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 inconnu... 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.

Sachiko Kashiwaba

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