Bibliograph

The lost ryū, by Emi Watanabe Cohen

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The lost ryū, by Emi Watanabe Cohen

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Intended audience

For ages from 8 to 12 years

Literary Form

novels

Main title

The lost ryū

Responsibility statement

by Emi Watanabe Cohen

Summary

Kohei Fujiwara has never seen a giant dragon in real life. The big ryu all disappeared from Japan after World War II, and twenty years later, they've become the stuff of legend. Their smaller cousins, who can fit in your palm, are all that remain. And Kohei loves his ryu, Yuharu, but... Kohei has a memory of the big ryu! He knows that's impossible, but still, it's there, in his mind. In it, he can see his grandpa - Ojiisan - gazing up at the big ryu with what looks to Kohei like total and absolute wonder. When Kohei was little, he dreamed he'd go on a grand quest to bring the big ryu back, to get Ojiisan to smile again. But now, Ojiisan is really, really sick. And Kohei is running out of time. Kohei needs to find the big ryu now, before it's too late. With the help of Isolde, his new half-Jewish, half-Japanese neighbour; and Isolde's Yiddish-speaking dragon, Cheshire; he thinks he can do it. Maybe. He doesn't have a choice. From debut author Emi Watanabe Cohen comes a story of a mysterious family legacy, magic and the lengths to which we'll go to protect the people we love

Target audience

pre adolescent

Creator