Aided by magical creatures from Japanese myths, Mitsuko, a young girl in the imperial court of twelfth-century Japan, bravely ventures to the netherworld to search for her sister’s wandering spirit.

• ISBN: 9780152013929
• Author: Dalkey, Kara
• Published: 1996, Harcourt Children's Books
• Themes: Buddhism, Haiku, History
• Descriptors: Asia, Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Japan, Myths and Legends
• No. of pages: 208