 While watching a ghost story on TV one night, fifth-grader Kazuhiro Sada sees a pale figure in a white kimono sneaking out of his house. He sees the same figure in school the next day. She is Akari, a girl his classmates insist he has known since kindergarten. Then he finds out that his house sits on the exact location of an ancient temple called Kimyo. Legend has is that the name Kimyo implies the dead coming back to life. Kazu befriends Akari and they spend the summer trying to make sense of the mystery. This thrilling adventure filled with the living dead, a story-within-a-story, a meddling neighbor, and a black cat is illustrated with manga-like drawings. mjw |
| Title: Temple Alley Summer Author: Sachiko Kashiwaba Illustrator: Miho Satake Publisher: Restless Books, Inc. New York Copyright: 2021 Original Language: Japanese Translator: Avery Fischer Udagawa Original Title: Kimyoji Yokocho no Natsu Original Publisher: Kodansha Ltd. Tokyo Original Copyright: 2011 ISBN: 978-1-6320-6303-8 Hardcover pages: 240 Age range: 8-13 Genre: Fiction, Novel Book setting: Japan Author’s ethnicity: Japanese Author’s residence: Iwate Prefecture, Jan Illustrator’s ethnicity: Japanese Illustrator’s residence: Japan Awards: 2022 Mildred L. Batchelder Award Subjects: Cats, Fairytales, Fantasy, Ghosts, Magic, Mystery, Paranormal, Supernatural, Suspense, Temple |
Temple Alley Summer
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