The Secret of the Blue Glass

Ginny Takemori (Translator), Tomiko Inui

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English

Murdoch Books
26 August 2015

Children's & Educational; Classic fiction (Children's&YA); Fantasy & magical realism (Children's&YA)

On the first floor of the big house of the Moriyama family, is a small library. There, on the shelves next to the old books, live the Little People, a tiny family who were once brought from England to Japan by a beloved nanny. Since then, each generation of Moriyama-family children has inherited the responsibility of filling the blue glass with milk to feed the Little People and it's now Yuri's turn. The little girl dutifully fulfils her task but the world around the Moriyama family is changing. Japan is caught in the whirl of what will soon become World War II, turning her beloved older brother into a fanatic nationalist and dividing the family for ever. Sheltered in the garden and the house, Yuri is able to keep the Little People safe, and they do their best to comfort Yuri in return, until one day owing to food restrictions milk is in shorter supply.

By: Tomiko Inui
Translated by: Ginny Takemori (Translator)
Imprint: Murdoch Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 200mm, Width: 148mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 476g
ISBN: 9781782690344
ISBN 10: 1782690344
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 26 August 2015
Recommended Age: From 9 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Born in Tokyo in 1924, Tomiko Inui joined a publishing house in 1950, where she began working as an editor, as well as writing books for children. She published many books over her long career, winning prizes along the way including the Mainishi Publishing Culture Award and the Akaitori Award for Children's Literature. She was also runner-up in 1964 for the Hans Christian Andersen prize. The Secret of the Blue Glass is the first of her books to be translated into English. She died in 2002.

Reviews for The Secret of the Blue Glass

The Secret of the Blue Glass is a tender and beautifully written story full of adventure, hardship and cultural revelations. Lancashire Evening Post A glorious fantasy story... utterly captivating. Read it Daddy [The book] has a sensibility and a poetry of its own Independent on Sunday