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Amber & Clay / Laura Amy Schlitzほか

Mon, 27 May 2024 19:31:13 +0900

Laura Amy Schlitz; with illustrations by Julia Iredale. Amber & Clay. First edition, Candlewick Press, 2021; ©2021. ISBN:9781536201222; 1536201227
"In a warlike land of wind and sunlight, "ringed by a restless sea," live Rhaskos and Melisto, spiritual twins with little in common beyond the violent and mysterious forces that dictate their lives. A Thracian slave in a Greek household, Rhaskos is as common as clay, a stable boy worth less than a donkey, much less a horse. Wrenched from his mother at a tender age, he nurtures in secret, aided by Socrates, his passions for art and philosophy. Melisto is a spoiled aristocrat, a girl as precious as amber but willful and wild. She'll marry and be tamed--the curse of all highborn girls--but risk her life for a season first to serve Artemis, goddess of the hunt. Bound by destiny, Melisto and Rhaskos--Amber and Clay--never meet in the flesh. By the time they do, one of them is a ghost. But the thin line between life and death is just one boundary their unlikely friendship crosses."--

The maid and the crocodile / Jordan Ifueko

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 20:15:14 +0900

Jordan Ifueko. The maid and the crocodile. Amulet Books, an imprint of ABRAMS, 2025; ©2024. ISBN:9781419764356; 1419764357; 9781419764363; 1419764365
"The smallest spark can bind two hearts or start a revolution. In the magic-soaked capital city of Oluwan, Small Sade needs a job -- preferably as a maid, for employers who don't mind her unique appearance and unlucky foot. But before she can be hired, she accidentally binds herself to a powerful being known only as the Crocodile, a god rumored to devour pretty girls. Small Sade entrances the Crocodile with her secret: She is not only an orphan and an aspiring maid, but also a Curse-Eater, gifted with the ability to alter people's fates by cleaning their houses. The handsome god warns that their fates are bound, but Small Sade evades him, launching herself into a new career as the Curse-Eater of a swanky inn. She is determined to impress the wealthy inhabitants and earn her place in Oluwan City... assuming her secret-filled past -- and the revolutionary ambitions of the Crocodile God -- don't catch up with her. But maybe there is more to Small Sade. And maybe everyone in Oluwan City deserves more, too -- from the maids all the way to the Anointed Ones." --

Ichiro / written & illustrated by Ryan Inzana.

Mon, 03 Jun 2024 19:31:41 +0900

written & illustrated by Ryan Inzana.. Ichiro. Houghton Mifflin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012.. ISBN:9780547252698; 0547252692
Raised by a Japanese mother in New York City, his American father killed in a war, Ichiro finds it difficult to figure out where he fits in. A trip to Japan leaves the boy with his grandfather, in a country he does not know. And one night Ichi gets dragged down a hole by a monster. When he awakens he isn't in Japan nor the mortal world. He has entered into the domain of the gods. Will Ichiro ever find a place to call home?