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Shuna's journey / by Hayao Miyazaki ; translated by Alex Dudok de Wit.

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Original language: Japanese Publication details: New York : First Second, 2022.Edition: 1st American edDescription: 148 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781250846525 (hc.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 741.5/952 23/eng/20221021
Summary: Shuna, the prince of a poor land, watches in despair as his people work themselves to death harvesting the little grain that grows there. And so, when a traveler presents him with a sample of seeds from a mysterious western land, he sets out to find the source of the golden grain, dreaming of a better life for his subjects. It is not long before he meets a proud girl named Thea. After freeing her from captivity, he is pursued by her enemies, and while Thea escapes north, Shuna continues toward the west, finally reaching the Land of the God-Folk. Will Shuna ever see Thea again? And will he make it back home from his quest for the golden grain?
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Teen Graphic Hanover Public Library Shelves YA FIC MIYA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31906001241810

Book reads from right to left.

First published in Japan by Tokuma Shoten Co., Ltd., 1983. Japanese title: Shuna no tabi.

Shuna, the prince of a poor land, watches in despair as his people work themselves to death harvesting the little grain that grows there. And so, when a traveler presents him with a sample of seeds from a mysterious western land, he sets out to find the source of the golden grain, dreaming of a better life for his subjects. It is not long before he meets a proud girl named Thea. After freeing her from captivity, he is pursued by her enemies, and while Thea escapes north, Shuna continues toward the west, finally reaching the Land of the God-Folk. Will Shuna ever see Thea again? And will he make it back home from his quest for the golden grain?

Text in English, translated from the Japanese.

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