The house of the lost on the cape

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Title:

The house of the lost on the cape

Author:

Kashiwaba, Sachiko, 1953- author.

Saito, Yukiko, illustrator.

Udagawa, Avery Fischer, 1979- translator.

Summary:

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. -- Amazon.

General Note:

"First published as Misaki no mayoiga in 2015 by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo" -- Title page verso.

Maps on endpapers.

Edition:

First Restless Books hardcover edition.

Physical Description:

204 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.

Genre:

Fantasy fiction.

Domestic fiction.

Paranormal fiction.

Subject Term:

Natural disasters -- Juvenile fiction.

Abandoned houses -- Juvenile fiction.

Families -- Juvenile fiction.

Legends -- Juvenile fiction.

Spirits -- Juvenile fiction.

Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.

Author(s):

Saito, Yukiko,

Udagawa, Avery Fischer, 1979-

Publisher:

Yonder, an imprint of Restless Books

Publication Date:

2023

2015

ISBN:

9781632063373

Publication Information:

Brooklyn, New York : Yonder, an imprint of Restless Books 2023.

Call Number:

J KASHIWABA

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A 2024 Mildred L. Batchelder Award Honoree

A 2024 USBBY Outstanding International Book

One of Kirkus Reviews' 10 Essential Middle-Grade Books for Fall 2023 -- Starred Review

One of Kirkus Reviews' Best Middle-Grade Family Stories of 2023

A 2023 Cybils Awards Finalist for Speculative Middle Grade Fiction

From the author and translator of the Batchelder Award-winning novel Temple Alley Summer comes 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.

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.

Author Notes

Avery Fischer Udagawa grew Up in Kansas and studied English and Asian Studies at St. Olaf College in Minnesota. She holds an MA-in advanced Japanese studies from the University of Sheffield. She has studied at Nanzan University, Nagoya, on a Fulbright fellowship, and at the Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies, Yokohama. She writes, translates, and works in international education near Bangkok, where she lives with her bicultural family.

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Publisher's Weekly Review

Kashiwaba (Temple Alley Summer) reimagines sometimes frighteningly depicted creatures from Japanese folklore as friendly allies to a magical grandmother in this fanciful tale. Three strangers arrive separately to Kitsunezaki, a small coastal village, hours before the 2011 To¯hoku earthquake and tsunami hit Japan. At a shelter following the events, Kiwa Yamana, an endearing 87-year-old whom everyone calls Oba¯chan, seemingly mistakes a young woman and an orphaned child as her daughter-in-law and granddaughter. The woman, having escaped from her physically abusive husband in Tokyo, and the silent youth are gratefully swept up by Oba¯chan's care. The trio move into an old thatch-roofed house that has been fixed up by Oba¯chan's mystical friends. When unexplained incidents result in injured animals throughout Kitsunezaki, Oba¯chan's companions--which include kappa river spirits and Jizo¯ guardian statues--help the little family find the source: a Shinto shrine was destroyed by the tsunami, and the evil sea snake it had sealed away now threatens the village. Kashiwaba's moody work teems with ambient wonder and grim portent, offering glimpses of darkness without overwhelming the narrative's uplifting tone. All characters are Japanese. Ages 8--13. (Sept.)

1 A Refuge for Three	1
2 New Names, Old House	17
3 Obachan's Tales from Long Ago	31
4 Shrine of the Three Caves	45
5 Unusual Visitors	51
6 Scary Thing on the Move	69
7 The Kagura	81
8 Agamé and the Sea Snake	91
9 Thoughts That Anyone Would Have	103
10 The Mysterious Night Watch	113
11 Obachan's Home	125
12 Mayoiga on the Mountain	135
13 The Mysterious People of Tono	143
14 The Ones Who Came Back	155
15 Eyes That Flash Red	163
16 The Sea Snake's Plan	179
17 The Sea Snake Returns	193

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