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The beast player / Nahoko Uehashi ; illustrations by Yuta Onoda ; translated by Cathy Hirano.
Nahoko Uehashi's The Beast Player is an epic YA fantasy about a girl with a special power to communicate with magical beasts and the warring kingdom only she can save.
Erin's family cares for the fearsome water serpents that form the core of their kingdom's army. When some of the beasts mysteriously die, Elin's mother is sentenced to death as punishment. With her last breath she manages to send her daughter to safety. Alone, far from home, Elin discovers that she can talk to both the terrifying water serpents and the majestic flying beasts that guard her queen. This skill involves her in deadly plots that could cost her life. Can she save herself and prevent her beloved beasts from being used as tools of war?
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250307460
- ISBN: 1250307465
- Physical Description: 344 pages : illustrations, genealogical table ; 24 cm
- Edition: First American hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Godwinbooks/Henry Holt and Company, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "First published in English by Pushkin Press, 2018." |
| Language Note: | Translated from the Japanese. |
| Awards Note: | Michael L. Printz Honor for Excellence in Young Adult Literature, 2020 Batchelder Honor Book, 2020 |
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