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Adventure books for kids
Author_Sawa Oikawa
Author_William Dobson
Author_William Yamaguchi Dobson
books about grandparents
books for kids who like manga
Category=YFHG
children fantasy adventure
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fantasy adventure for children
fantasy book for 8 year old
fantasy for children
Grandchildren
Grandparents
Illustrated
Japanese fantasy
Japanese folklore for children
Japanese mythology
Product details
- ISBN 9780702342738
- Weight: 240g
- Dimensions: 126 x 196mm
- Publication Date: 09 Apr 2026
- Publisher: Scholastic
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Enter a secret wonderland in the sky where Japanese legends
come to life.
Twelve-year-old Jonty desperately wants an adventure but he knows
it's unlikely when he's stuck at home for the entire summer.
But then he meets a talking bonobo in the forest at the back of his
house who invites him to enter a magical world behind a Japanese
Memory gate. There, he will get to collect wild memories from
the time his gramps was a famous primatologist ... and soon, his
adventure begins.
Behind the gate lies a world far more enchanting than back home.
In a world filled with mischievous Japanese beings called yōkai,
Jonty must battle to collect the memories in a series of
hair-raising trials. But there is an evil sky pirate crew on board
a ship who are hellbent on destroying the memories for good ...
and they have bows and arrows.
Can Jonty battle the pirate crew before time runs out and
the wadokei watch-clock strikes?
Perfect for fans of Studio Ghibli and My Neighbour Totoro, this is
a middle-grade fantasy adventure with a future classic feel, that
focuses on Japanese folklore. An outstanding and original
new voice in children's fiction.
A beautiful cover and inside illustrations by acclaimed Japanese
artist Sawa.
