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The Heavenward Path

by Kara Dalkey · 1998

Mitsuko seriesbook 2 of 2

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Mitsuko is being haunted by ghosts and bad luck. An angry spirit commands her to keep a forgotten promise and assigns her a series of impossible tasks. She turns to the mischievous shape-shifter Goranu for help. Together they journey through a landscape of Japanese myths and legends made real. This sequel to Little Sister is a mythical tale of adventure and star-crossed love set in twelfth-century Japan.

Genre
fantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thismythologymythologyMore like thisLess of thismyths and folkloremyths and folkloreMore like thisLess of thisscience fictionscience fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of this
Setting
JapanJapanMore like thisLess of thisAsiaAsiaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
young adultchildrens
Length
medium · 230 pages

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