The Secret of the Blue Glass by Tomiko Inui a nightly glass of milk, served in a sparkling BlueGlass goblet, by a trusted young member of the Humanfamily. But when the Second World War comes to Japan,bringing a dangerous new kind of patriotism, both Humans and their belovedLittle People face a world they could never before have imagined. It. · The Secret of the Blue Glass ebook By Tomiko Inui. Read a Sample. Sign up to save your library. With an OverDrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for at-a-glance information about availability. Born in Tokyo in , Tomiko Inui joined a publishing house in , where she began working as an editor, as well as writing books. 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 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 /5(9).
Find many great new used options and get the best deals for The Secret of the Blue Glass (Pushkin Children's Flapped PB), Inui, Tomiko, New at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products! The Secret of the Blue Glass is a unique read, contrasting the historical with the fantastical, creating an engrossing story of allegiances made and exchanged, in places it doesn't shy away from the tragic realities of war. As reviewers may have mentioned in other places the narrative in some ways is open ended and some of the character detail. The Secret of the Blue Glass, translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori Published by Pushkin Press in January By using Yuri Moriyama and the Little People—Balbo and Fern and their children Iris and Robin—to tell a story of Japan and World War II, Tomiko Inui brings into sharp focus the vulnerability, as well as the strength, of people in the.
The Secret of the Blue Glass is certainly similar to The Borrowers in many ways, but at its heart it is about the experience of everyday Japanese citizens during WWII. This is no cutesy tale. Characters have thoughts like, "Our life as students is just a stay of execution - just until we go to war and die.". The Secret of the Blue Glass by Tomiko Inui. In a dusty library, in the quietest corner of a house in a Tokyo suburb, live the Little People: Fern and Balbo, Robin and Iris. Just a few inches high. 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 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
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