The House of the Lost on the Cape

Name: The House of the Lost on the Cape
Brand: Hachette New Zealand Ltd
SKU: 9781632063373
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By Sachiko Kashiwaba

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Following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, The House of the Lost on the Cape tells the story of three generations of women — Yui, fleeing an abusive husband; young orphan Hiyori; and the kind stranger Kiwa — who find refuge in a mysterious lost house overlooking the sea. As they rebuild their lives in the town of Kitsunezaki, they encounter mythical creatures from local legends, including shapeshifting fox-women, demons, kappa spirits, and guardian statues. When sinister events arise, they band together to confront supernatural threats, blending folklore with themes of family, friendship, and healing.
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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 Thoku earthquake disaster.

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 Agame and a sea snake who once terrorised 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 Agame 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 Jiz guardian statues to save their new family and home and banish Agame 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.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781632063373

Publisher: Restless Books

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 02 November 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Restless Books

Illustration: Includes an illustrated map of the affected region of Japan

Contributors:

Translated by Avery Fischer Udagawa
Illustrated by Yukiko Saito

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 146.0mm

Height: 215.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 224

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Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Sachiko Kashiwaba Young Adult

About the Author

Sachiko Kashiwaba is a prolific writer of children's and young adult fantasy whose career spans more than four decades. Her works have garnered the prestigious Sankei, Shogakukan, and Noma children's literature awards, and her novel The Marvelous Village Veiled in Mist influenced Hayao Miyazaki's film Spirited Away. Her works have recently been animated as the films The Wonderland and The House of the Lost on the Cape. Her novel Temple Alley Summer, illustrated by Miho Satake and translated by Avery Fischer Udagawa, won the American Library Association's 2022 Mildred L. Batchelder Award, was a July/August 2021 Kids' Indie Next Pick, and a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection. She lives in Morioka, Iwate.

Yukiko Saito is a graphic designer and illustrator originally from Aomori, Japan. She studied textile arts in the fine arts and crafts teacher training program within the Faculty of Education, Iwate University. She lives in Iwate Prefecture.

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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