| Description |
816 pages : color map ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Col. map on endpapers. |
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Originally published: Tokyo : Kadokawa shoten, 2003. |
| Contents |
Part 1: The haunted building -- The silent princess -- The transfer student -- The invisible girl -- The incident -- The door -- Beyond the door -- The realities of life -- Enter the tank -- Falling -- The secret -- The witch -- To vision -- Part 2: The village of the watchers -- The cave of trials -- The novice brave -- The endless field -- Gasara, Merchant Town -- The highlanders -- The abandonded chapel -- The dead -- The escape -- The first gemstone -- The real world -- Meena -- In Miquiba -- The spectacle machine -- The camp -- Lyris -- The town and the cathedral -- Mitsuru's whereabouts -- The magic hospital -- Mitsuru -- The Swamp of Grief -- Tearsheaven -- Dark water -- A vision of death -- The blood star -- To Sakawa -- The reunion -- The Elder of Sakawa -- The National Observatory of Lourdes -- The lecture -- The second gemstone -- Wataru -- The fugitive -- S.O.S. -- The tragedy of Lyris -- The cathedral cages -- Jozo's wings -- The icy capital -- The precept-king -- parting -- Night in Gasara -- A conversation at night -- The plan -- Escape from Gasara -- The Imperial Capital of Solebria -- The mirror of eternal shadow -- The Isle of Dragon -- The broken capital -- The mirror hall -- The parting -- The traveler's path -- Wataru alone -- Freedom -- The last fight -- The Tower of Destiny -- Wataru's wish -- Epilogue. |
| Summary |
With a determined plan to reunite his mother and father, the 10-year-old boy named Wataru knowingly enters a fantasy realm inhabited by a goddess who has the power to change destiny. With the help of the Lizard Boy, the Cat Girl, and the Fire-breathing Dragon, Wataru faces a series of seemingly insurmountable obstacles on this once-in-a-lifetime adventure. One way or another, the young hero must reach the Tower of Destiny and bring his mother and father back together again. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR UG 4.9 43.0 123424. |
| Subject |
Japanese fiction.
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Japan -- Fiction.
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Japan -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Fantasy fiction.
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Adventure fiction.
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| Added Author |
Smith, Alexander O.
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| Added Title |
Bureibu sutōrī. English
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| ISBN |
9781421511962 |
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1421511967 |
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