Dragon Sword and Wind Child
10 best books like Dragon Sword and Wind Child (Noriko Ogiwara): The Twelve Kingdoms: Sea of Shadow, Dragon's Bait, The Ghost Bride, Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit, Radioactive: Marie and Pierre Curie, A Tale of Love and Fallout, Heir Apparent, Fire Bringer, Lalani of the Distant Sea, To the Sky Kingdom, Sand and Foam
The Twelve Kingdoms: Sea of Shadow
Author | Fuyumi Ono |
ISBN | 1598169467 |
For high-schooler Yoko Nakajima, life has been fairly ordinary--that is until Keiki, a young man with golden hair, tells Yoko they must return to their kingdom. Once confronted by this mysterious being and whisked away to an unearthly realm, Yoko is left with only a magical sword; a gem; and a million...
Author | Vivian Vande Velde |
ISBN | 0152166637 |
Fifteen-year-old Alys is not a witch. But that doesn't matter--the villagers think she is and have staked her out on a hillside as a sacrifice to the local dragon.
It's late, it's cold, and it's raining, and Alys can think of only one thing--revenge. But first she's got to escape, and even if she does,...
Author | Yangsze Choo |
ISBN | 0062227327 |
"One evening, my father asked me if I would like to become a ghost bride..."
Though ruled by British overlords, the Chinese of colonial Malaya still cling to ancient customs. And in the sleepy port town of Malacca, ghosts and superstitions abound.
Li Lan, the daughter of a genteel but...
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
Author | Nahoko Uehashi |
ISBN | 0545005426 |
You've never read a fantasy novel like this one! The deep well of Japanese myth merges with the Western fantasy tradition for a novel that's as rich in place and culture as it is hard to put down.
Balsa was a wanderer and warrior for hire. Then she rescued a boy flung into a raging river -- and at that...
Radioactive: Marie and Pierre Curie, A Tale of Love and Fallout
Author | Lauren Redniss |
ISBN | 0061351326 |
Radioactive is the visual journey into the life of Marie Curie, as told through the dazzling collage style of acclaimed author and artist Lauren Redniss. A brilliant visual storyteller, Redniss has hand-designed more than 100 color collages to tell Curie’s story, fascinating in its scientific...
Author | Vivian Vande Velde |
ISBN | 0152051252 |
In the virtual reality game Heir Apparent, there are way too many ways to get killed--and Giannine seems to be finding them all. Which is a darn shame, because unless she can get the magic ring, locate the stolen treasure, answer the dwarf's dumb riddles, impress the head-chopping statue, charm the army...
Author | David Clement-Davies |
ISBN | 0142300608 |
Young buck Rannoch was born on the night his father was murdered and into a herd of deer where hunger for power has gradually whittled away at all that is true and good. He knows he must escape to survive. Chased by stags, with their fearsome antlers sharpened for the kill, he begins a treacherous journey...
Lalani of the Distant Sea
Author | Erin Entrada Kelly |
ISBN | 0062747290 |
There are stories of extraordinary children who are chosen from birth to complete great quests and conquer evil villains.
This is no such story.
Sometimes, you are an ordinary child.
Sometimes, you have to choose yourself.
This is the story of Lalani Sarita, a twelve-year-old...
When the immortal Bai Qian finally meets her intended husband, the heir to the Sky Throne, she considers herself in luck—until an old enemy returns to threaten everything she holds dear…
When a mortal woman enters the immortal world to be with her true love, she sparks a jealousy that ends...
I bought this book (don't worry; I didn't pay much for it) under the impression it was a collection of poetry. It is not. I know, I know... I should have looked into it more. #researchfail
What it actually is is a collection of... how shall I put this?... pieces of personal philosophy. Or, slightly...
THIS ENTRY IS FOR THE WEB MANHUA
改编自墨香铜臭原创同名小说,前世掀起腥风血雨的一代魔道祖师,竟重生成一个脑残!此生的魏无羡与故人一同祛除邪魔匡扶正义,不知这一次是否能迎来圆满结局?
"The...
ฉันถูกเชิญให้ออกจากโรงเรียน (ก็ไล่ออกนั่นแหละ) เพราะความสวยอย่างไม่เกรงใจใครของตัวเอง T^T
ทำไมก๊านนน~...
อาจารย์...เป็นคนชั่วช่างยากเย็นเหลือเกิน เล่ม 4
เสียวเสี่ยวพาเวินซู่ที่บาดเจ็บสาหัสมุ่งหน้าไปขอรับการรักษาที่ตระกูลเสินหนง แต่กลับพบว่าตระกูลเสินหนงเปลี่ยนมือไปเสียแล้ว...
Author | Nahoko Uehashi |
ISBN | 1782691677 |
In epic YA fantasy about a girl with a special power to communicate with magical beasts and the warring kingdom only she can save.
Elin's family has an important responsibility: caring for the fearsome water serpents that form the core of their kingdom's army. So when some of the beasts mysteriously...
A Perfect Day for Love Letters 2 (Perfect Day for Love Letters
Author | George Asakura |
ISBN | 0345482670 |
SIX TALES OF LOVE
• When Araki finds an old fax machine, he starts corresponding with the only girl who can receive his letters. But there’s a twist!
• A brother’s dying request: deliver a videotape to his girlfriend . . . someone his sibling didn’t even know existed. And there...
Author | Kazu Kibuishi |
ISBN | 0345505891 |
I didn't enjoy the first story, the wordless "Broken Path" by Michael Gagne very much, although the fox-like character was pretty cute despite the crystal shard of whatever creepily embedded in his head, but fortunately I kept reading and liked most of the other entries. My favorites:
"Igloo...
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The Twelve Kingdoms: Sea of Wind
Author | Fuyumi Ono |
ISBN | 1598169475 |
An international bestseller, this spectacular fantasy epic makes its U.S. debut.
Born in Japan and raised as a human, Taiki is overwhelmed when he's brought back to the kingdom of Tai, where he's told he's a kirin. With little knowledge or guidance, he must trust his latent instincts to choose...