The Lost Ryu by Emi Watanabe Cohen

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A story of multigenerational pain, magic, and the lengths to which we'll go to
protect the people we love.
Kohei Fujiwara has never seen a big ryū in real life. Those dragons all
disappeared from Japan after World War II, and twenty years later, they've
become the stuff of legend. Their smaller cousins, who can fit in your palm,
are all that remain. And Kohei loves his ryū, Yuharu, but. . .
. . . Kohei has a memory of the big ryū. He knows that's impossible, but
still, it's there, in his mind. In it, he can see his grandpa - Ojiisan - gazing up at
the big ryū with what looks to Kohei like total and absolute wonder.
When Kohei was little, he dreamed he'd go on a grand quest to bring the big
ryū back, to get Ojiisan to smile again.
But now, Ojiisan is really, really sick. And Kohei is running out of time.
Kohei needs to find the big ryū now, before (...)

Emi Watanabe Cohen wrote her first novel when she was 12 years old - the
most complete draft she can find clocks in at 234,780 words. That's over
1,000 pages! Thankfully, her editing skills have improved since then. Her more
recent work involves Jewish and/or Japanese folklore, complicated families,
and a dash of improbable magic. She is a graduate of Brandeis University,
where she studied Creative Writing. Her debut novel, The Lost Ryū, was
an official Indie Next Seleciton.
Author Residence: Chicago, IL

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On Sale: Nov 21/23
5.5 x 8.25 • 208 pages
9781646142750 • $14.99 • PB - PB - Paperback
Juvenile Fiction / Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic •
Ages 8-12 years