{"product_id":"9780702342738","title":"Kamizen: Fortress of Lost Memories","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Dobson, William Yamaguchi\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eInterest age: from c 8 years\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 9 April 2026 by Scholastic in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 288 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 129 x 23 | 252g\u003cp\u003e“A clever blend of emotion and excitement, and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof Northern England and Japanese folklore... Brilliant.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Booktrust\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The perfect escape to a magical world!”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Lancashire Evening Post\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I could not put it down.” - Reading\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Smile kids' review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnter a secret wonderland in the sky where Japanese legends\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecome to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwelve-year-old Jonty desperately wants an adventure but he knows\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eit's unlikely when he's stuck at home for the entire summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut then he meets a talking bonobo in the forest at the back of his\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehouse who invites him to enter a magical world behind a Japanese\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMemory gate. There, he will get to collect wild memories from\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe time his gramps was a famous primatologist ... and soon, his\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eadventure begins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBehind the gate lies a world far more enchanting than back home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a world filled with mischievous Japanese beings called yokai,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonty must battle to collect the memories in a series of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehair-raising trials. But there is an evil sky pirate crew on board\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea ship who are hellbent on destroying the memories for good ...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand they have bows and arrows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan Jonty battle the pirate crew before time runs out and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe wadokei watch-clock strikes?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for fans of Studio Ghibli and My Neighbour Totoro, this is\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea middle-grade fantasy adventure with a future classic feel, that\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efocuses on Japanese folklore.  An outstanding and original\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enew voice in children's fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A beautiful cover and inside illustrations by acclaimed Japanese\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eartist Sawa.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dobson, William Yamaguchi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53596998566072,"sku":"9780702342738","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9780702342738.jpg?v=1781626125","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9780702342738","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}