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166 pp.
| Farrar |
April, 1999 |
TradeISBN 0-374-37153-9$$16.00
(2)
YA
Translated by Cathy Hirano.
In a sensitive coming-of-age novel translated from the Japanese, Tomomi has dreams in which she appears as a roaring monster. Awake, she watches helplessly as her troubled family disintegrates. When she and her brother assist a woman who feeds the city's stray cats, Tomomi acquires a self-assurance that allows her to face the problems at home while she learns to accommodate the monsters within and without.
Reviewer: Nancy Vasilakis
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 1999