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.
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 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 soon discovers that she can talk to both the terrifying water serpents and the majestic flying beasts that guard her queen. This skill gives her great powers, but it also 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? Or is there no way of escaping the terrible battles to come?Author: Nahoko Uehashi
Publisher: Square Fish
Published: 07/28/2020
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.30w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9781250233264
ISBN10: 1250233267
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Fantasy | Epic
- Young Adult Fiction | Girls & Women
- Young Adult Fiction | Animals | Mythical Creatures
About the Author
Nahoko Uehashi is one of Japan's most popular children's writers. She has won numerous awards, including the 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Award. An associate professor at a Japanese university, she has a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology and studies indigenous peoples in Australia. Her books include the multivolume Moribito series. She lives near Tokyo, Japan.