Title The plum-rain scroll / Ruth Manley ; illustrated by Marianne Yamaguchi

Published Sydney : Hodder and Stoughton, 1978

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS CRC	J Man		AVAILABLE
MELB SPCBC	819 Manley Rut/Prs		LIB USE ONLY
MELB SPCBC	819 Manley Rut/Prs		LIB USE ONLY

Description 279 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Series Chronicles of old Japan Chronicles of old Japan Summary Old Japan; a missing scroll with the Unanswerable Word, the Word of Power, written on it;, an evil lord intent on finding it and only an Odd Job Boy and the Lord-Eight-Thousand-Spears to foil his plans Analysis Children's stories in English, 1900- Texts Notes Australian Children's Book of the Year Award winner, [1979] Audience For children Notes Children's Book of the Year Award, 1979 winner Subject Children's stories. Courage -- Juvenile fiction. Folklore -- Japan -- Juvenile fiction. Good and evil -- Juvenile fiction. Japanese -- Folklore -- Juvenile literature. Literary prizes -- Australia. SUBJECT Japan -- Social life and customs -- 1600-1868 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069582 -- Juvenile fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001687 Genre/Form Fiction. Author Yamaguchi, Marianne. LC no. vpi00077059 ISBN 0340220244

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