Coming Home: The Toki-Girl and the Sparrow-Boy, Book 1 - Softcover

Youmans, Claire

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1732353611 ISBN 13: 9781732353619

Publisher: american i, 2019

Synopsis

Her only choice is to run away. But if she can't return in time, she'll be an outcast for life! Japan, 1870. For bird-girl Azuki, being dual-natured is dangerous. With a greedy overlord coveting her beautiful Toki feathers, she attempts to keep her head down. But when he murders her parents in a failed kidnapping, Azuki's only escape is to spread her wings and take to the skies. Sparrow-boy Shota has no time to grieve. As his mother dies in his arms, he makes a promise to find his sister and warn her that she must come back. For unless Shota and Azuki make it home by the quarter-day, they'll lose their chance to return forever. As he barters his way across the country, the obstacles of ogres, storms, and time stand between two siblings and their hopes of citizenship and happiness.In a rapidly-modernizing world, can Azuki and Shota return before they're banished without a place to call home? Coming Home is the enchanting first novel in the Toki-Girl and the Sparrow-Boy historical fantasy series. If you like mythical creatures, unique folklore, and fast-paced adventure, then you’ll love Claire Youmans’ captivating tale from the Meiji Era.

About this title

From the Author:

Historical Fantasy engages in Fairy-Tale

The Meiji Era was a time when anything could happen and probably did, as Japan leapt from a decaying feudalism to a first-world power in an incredibly short period of time.  No other nation did it; no other nation could have.  
         Volumes have been written about the amazing phenomenon that is Japan, but what about the people, the everyday citizens whose lives were upended on nearly a daily basis?
         The Toki-Girl and the Sparrow-Boy's Tales from the Meiji Era are stories of the lives of those people.  How did they cope?  Survive?  Prosper?  How do they still?
         Japan's folklore ranges widely, and like much of Japan's cultural and philosophical backdrop, is fully able to entertain several divergent notions and myths simultaneously.  This makes it a rich resource to explore and exploit while journeying through the great adventure that was Meiji Era Japan.
         Dragons -- domestic and foreign -- demons, dual-natured beings, ordinary shape-shifters, mysterious little people and martial artists with preternatural powers come together with ordinary humans in creating exciting and touching stories that will leave readers with a new understanding of this fascinating culture, the remarkable people who live there, and wanting more of their unique and incredible, yet very real stories.   

About the Author:

Claire Youmans first went to Japan in 1992 and was immediately captivated.  After years of travel and study, she continues to be charmed and amazed by a fascinating history and a culture that's both endearingly quirky and entirely unique.
In 2014, she started Tales of the Meiji Erawith The Toki-Girl and the Sparrow-Boy'sunparalleled blend of historical fantasy in the first book of the series, Coming Home.  She continues exploring the combination of history and folklore to share her love and fascination with a very different country and culture. 
Exciting adventures continue in this delightful fantastical yet historical world. Follow these at tokigirlandsparrowboy.com, facebook.com/tokigirlandsparrowboy/ and on Twitter @tokigirlsparrow, and claireyoumansauthor.blogspot.com, where she frequently shares poetry and Life on the Floor, her tales of living in modern Japan.

About this edition

• Publisher: american i
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1732353611
• ISBN 13: 9781732353619
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 198