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001 2007008829
003 DLC
005 20090102160402.0
008 070302s2007 cauab 000 f eng
010 $a 2007008829
020 $a9781421511962
020 $a1421511967
035 $a(OCoLC)85766271
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm85766271
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041 1 $aeng$hjpn
050 00 $aPL856.I856$bB8713 2007
082 00 $a895.6/35$222
042 $alcac
100 1 $aMiyabe, Miyuki,$d1960-
240 10 $aBureibu sutōrī.$lEnglish
245 10 $aBrave story /$cMiyuki Miyabe ; translated by Alexander O. Smith.
260 $aSan Francisco, Calif. :$bVIZ Media,$cc2007.
300 $a816 p. :$bill., col. map ;$c24 cm.
500 $aCol. map on endpapers.
500 $aOriginally published: Tokyo : Kadokawa shoten, 2003.
505 0 $aPart 1: The haunted building -- The silent princess -- The transfer student -- The invisible girl -- The incident -- The door -- Beyond the door -- The realities of life -- Enter the tank -- Falling -- The secret -- The witch -- To vision -- Part 2: The village of the watchers -- The cave of trials -- The novice brave -- The endless field -- Gasara, Merchant Town -- The highlanders -- The abandonded chapel -- The dead -- The escape -- The first gemstone -- The real world -- Meena -- In Maquiba -- The spectacle machine -- The camp -- Lyris -- The town and the cathedral -- Mitsuru's whereabouts -- The magic hospital -- Mitsuru -- The Swamp of Grief -- Tearsheaven -- Dark water -- A vision of death -- The blood star -- To Sakawa -- The reunion -- The Elder of Sakawa -- The National Observatory of Lourdes -- The lecture -- The second gemstone -- Wataru -- The fugitive -- S.O.S. -- The tragedy of Lyris -- The cathedral cages -- Jozo's wings -- The icy capital -- The precept-king -- Parting -- Night in Gasara -- A conversation at night -- The plan -- Escape from Gasara -- The Imperial Capital of Solebria -- The mirror of eternal shadow -- The Isle of Dragon -- The broken capital -- The mirror hall -- The parting -- The traveler's path -- Wataru alone -- Freedom -- The last fight -- The Tower of Destiny -- Wataru's wish -- Epilogue.
520 $aWith a determined plan to reunite his mother and father, the 10-year-old boy named Wataru knowingly enters a fantasy realm inhabited by a goddess who has the power to change destiny. With the help of the Lizard Boy, the Cat Girl, and the Fire-breathing Dragon, Wataru faces a series of seemingly insurmountable obstacles on this once-in-a-lifetime adventure. One way or another, the young hero must reach the Tower of Destiny and bring his mother and father back together again.
650 0 $aJapanese fiction.
651 0 $aJapan$vFiction.
651 0 $aJapan$xSocial life and customs$vFiction.
650 1 $aGraphic novels.
650 1 $aComic books, strips, etc.
655 0 $aFantasy fiction.
655 0 $aAdventure fiction.
700 1 $aSmith, Alexander O.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0712/2007008829.html$zOnline access for everyone for Table of Contents
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0710/2007008829-d.html$zOnline access for everyone for Publisher description
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0732/2007008829-b.html$zOnline access for everyone for Contributor Biographical Information