When her brother Hiroki disappears after a violent altercation with school bullies, the young Yuriko finds a magical book in his room. The book leads her to another world where she learns that Hiroki has been possessed by a spirit from the Book of Heroes.She visits the magical Nameless Land, where she is told how to save her brother, and is sent back to Earth with a young monk named Sora and the magical book, transformed into a mouse named Azu. Yuriko has to piece together the mystery of Hiroki, and has a library of powerful magical books at her disposal to do so!

About the Author
Miyuki Miyabe's debut story, "Warera ga rinjin no hanzai" (Our neighbor's 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 novel Brave Story won the Batchelder Award for best children's book in translation from the American Library Association in 2007. The Gate of Sorrows is an adult novel in the same universe as The Book of Heroes (Haikasoru, 2010). Her other works available in English include All She Was Worth, Cross Fire, The Sleeping Dragon, Apparitions, ICO: Castle in the Mist, and more.


Book Information
ISBN 9781421527758
Author Miyuki Miyabe
Format Hardback
Page Count 400
Imprint Haikasoru
Publisher Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
Weight(grams) 594g
Dimensions(mm) 152mm * 229mm * 33mm