Lonely Castle in the Mirror -- Mizuki Tsujimura, Paperback Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction and humor to the thorny

and humor to the thorny question of how to love

With an easy-to-follow timeline

reason and tradition

sound out the highlighted words

memorable" --Midwest Book Review

Lonely Castle in the Mirror -- Mizuki Tsujimura, Paperback Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction and humor to the thornyINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER! A Studio Ghibli esque work of Japanese translation "that lays bare the anxieties and desperation and the small triumphs of adolescence" (Locus), for fans of Mieko Kawakami's Heaven. Seven students find unusual common ground in this warm, puzzle like Japanese bestseller laced with gentle fantasy and compassionate insight. Bullied to the point of dropping out of school, Kokoro's days blur together as she hides in her bedroom,