Nahoko Uehashi
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
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...
Author
Series
[Moribito] volume 2
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
The wandering female bodyguard Balsa returns to her native country of Kanbal, where she uncovers a conspiracy to frame her mentor and herself.
Author
Series
[Moribito] volume 1
Publisher
A.A. Levine
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
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Description
The wandering warrior Balsa is hired to protect Prince Chagum from both a mysterious monster and the prince's father, the Mikado.