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The emperor of any place / Tim Wynne-Jones.
Fifteen days after his father passes away, Evan enters his father's home office only to find a mysterious letter, regarding a book about a Japanese soldier on a small Pacific island during the Second World War, that leads to the discover of some family secrets that had been buried for decades.
Record details
- ISBN: 0763669733
- ISBN: 9780763669737
- Physical Description: 324 pages
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2015.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "A Junior Library Guild selection"--Page [2] of cover. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 23.00 |
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| Subject: | Fathers > Death > Fiction. Fathers and sons > Fiction. Grandfathers > Fiction. Family secrets > Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 > Pacific Area > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. Mystery fiction. Ghost stories. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stroud Branch | YA Wynne | 31681002853547 | YADULT | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
When Evan looks into the hand-bound book that his father was reading when he passed away, the diary of a Japanese soldier in World War II, questions about the book and how it relates to Evan begin to multiply. - Baker & Taylor
A time-shifting story within a story by the award-winning author of Blink & Caution follows the efforts of a teen to comprehend a World War II diary that his father had been reading before his untimely death. - Random House, Inc.
The ghosts of war reverberate across the generations in a riveting, time-shifting story within a story from acclaimed thriller writer Tim Wynne-Jones.
When Evanâs father dies suddenly, Evan finds a hand-bound yellow book on his deskâa book his dad had been reading when he passed away. The book is the diary of a Japanese soldier stranded on a small Pacific island in WWII. Why was his father reading it? What is in this account that Evanâs grandfather, whom Evan has never met before, fears so much that he will do anything to prevent its being seen? And what could this possibly mean for Evan? In a pulse-quickening mystery evoking the elusiveness of truth and the endurance of wars passed from father to son, this engrossing novel is a suspenseful, at times terrifying read from award-winning author Tim Wynne-Jones.
