Temple alley summer / Sachiko Kashiwaba ; illustrations by Miho Satake ; translated by Avery Fischer Udagawa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kashiwaba, Sachiko, 1953- author.

Contributor:

Udagawa, Avery Fischer, 1979- translator.

Satake, Miho, illustrator.

Standardized Title:

Kimyōji yokochō no natsu. English.

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Temples--Japan--Juvenile fiction.

Temples.

Ghost stories.

Cats--Juvenile fiction.

Cats.

Fantasy--Juvenile fiction.

Fantasy.

Japan--Juvenile fiction.

Japan.

Genre:

Ghost stories.

Novels.

Light novels.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Brooklyn, NY : Yonder, Restless Books for Young Readers, 2021.

Language Note:

Translated into English from the original Japanese.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

1. A Ghost at My House!

2. Am I the Only Clueless One?

3. Strange Old People

4. A Family Secret

5. The Missing Statuette

6. Daisy

7. "The Moon Is on the Left" Part One

8. "The Moon Is on the Left" Part Two

9. Dead Ends

10. Who Is Mia Lee?

11. "The Moon Is on the Left" Part Three

12. "The Moon Is on the Left" Part Four

13. Summer's End

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Mildred L. Batchelder Award, 2022

Freeman Book Award for Young Adult/Middle School Literature, Honorable Mention 2021

Other Format:

Print version: Kashiwaba, Sachiko. Temple Alley Summer.

ISBN:

9781632063045

1632063042

OCLC:

1259368377