The Book of Heroes
(Paperback)
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Publishing Details
The Book of Heroes
By (Author) Miyuki Miyabe
Illustrated by Miyuki Miyabe
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Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
Haikasoru
15th November 2011
United States
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Physical Properties
Paperback
360
Width 152mm, Height 229mm, Spine 30mm
429g
Description
A young girl travels into a magical land to save her brother from real-world bullies...and from the evil King in Yellow.
Reads L to R (Western Style).
When her brother Hiroki disappears after a violent altercation with bullies, Yuriko finds a magical book in his room. She learns that Hiroki has been possessed by The Book of Heroes, and that only she can save him. With the help of the monk Sky, the dictionary-mouse Aju, and the mysterious Man of Ash, Yuriko has to solve the mystery of her vanished brother and save the world from the evil King in Yellow.
Author Bio
Miyuki Miyabe's debut story, Warera ga rinjin no hanzai (Our neighbors crime), won a new writer award in 1987, and since that time, she has become one of Japan's most popular and best-selling authors. Miyabe's fantasy novelBrave Storywon the Batchelder Award for best children's book in translation from the American Library Association in 2007.The Gate of Sorrowsisan adult novel in the same universe asThe Book of Heroes(Haikasoru, 2010). Her other works available in English includeAll She Was Worth,Cross Fire,The Sleeping Dragon,Apparitions,ICO: Castle in the Mist, and more.
