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ON THE BOOK TRAIL

Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Feb 5, 2004
"The Pig Scrolls," "Blood Red Horse"
"The Pig Scrolls," Paul Shipton, Puffin Books; March 2004; 224 pp. Author Paul Shipton warns us at the outset of his (sort of) Greek-style epic that though every effort was made to ensure the accuracy of the material, the Great Library of Alexandria was closed on the Tuesday afternoon he tried to go...
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Jan 8, 2004
"The Legend of Spud Murphy," "Lily Quench and the Dragon of Ashby"
"The Legend of Spud Murphy," Eoin Colfer, Puffin Books; March 2004; 90 pp. If you have no clue why your older siblings rave about author Eoin Colfer, you're probably too young to have read about the wild escapades of Colfer's hero, Artemis Fowl. But his latest book, "The Legend of Spud Murphy," is your...
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Dec 4, 2003
"Lionboy," "The English Roses"
"Lionboy," Zizou Corder, Puffin Books; 2003; 352 pp. How old do you have to be to write your first book? Thirty years old? Twenty? How about 10? If you're Isabel Adomakoh Young, 10 is as good an age as any.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Nov 6, 2003
"The Goose Girl," "The Tiger Bone Thief"
"The Goose Girl," Shannon Hale, Bloomsbury; 2003; 383 pp. Once upon a time, two German brothers published a collection of children's stories inspired by popular European folk tales. The stories of the Brothers Grimm became fairytale classics, and many of them -- Cinderella, Snow White, Little Red Riding...
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Oct 2, 2003
"The House of Windjammer," "Boolar's Big Day Out"
"The House of Windjammer," V.A. Richardson, Bloomsbury; 2003; 349 pp. No matter where you grow up, whether it's in 21st-century Japan or in 17th-century Europe, some things never change. People everywhere, at every time, are at the mercy of larger forces -- political upheavals, market fluctuations,...
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Sep 18, 2003
"Ruby Holler," "The Robodog Superhero"
"Ruby Holler," Sharon Creech, Bloomsbury; 2002, 310 pp. How do you reform a pair of 13-year-old twins who spend every spare moment breaking, spilling, throwing or dropping things -- and cursing loudly when they're caught?
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Sep 4, 2003
On the book trail
A Single Shard, by LINDA SUE PARK, Clarion Books; 2002; 160 pp. If recent children's books are any indication, we might be led to believe that boy-wizards who fight evil and that children lucky enough to embark on wild adventures exist only in Britain or the United States. In fact, why does almost every...
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Aug 21, 2003
"Toad Heaven," "Ada Lovelace"
"Toad Heaven," Morris Gleitzman, Puffin Books; 2002; 192 pp. Humans are always complaining about how unfair life is. Limpy is a cane toad, but he thinks it's unfair, too. For starters, no one likes him (except his family). Female cane toads don't think he's much of a looker. (Cane toads are ugly enough,...
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Aug 7, 2003
"Tell the Moon to Come Out," "Illustrated Oxford Dictionary"
"Tell the Moon to Come Out," Joan Lingard, Puffin Books; 2003; 208 pp.
Japan Times
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Jul 24, 2003
"Fox," "Stravaganza: City of Masks"
"Fox," Matthew Sweeney, Bloomsbury; 2002; 176 pp. Every city has its ghosts. I don't mean spirits of the dead, I mean real people who might as well be invisible because no one takes notice of them.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Jul 10, 2003
"Big George and the Seventh Knight," "Bang on the Door Animals"
"Big George and the Seventh Knight," Eric Pringle, Bloomsbury; 2002; 200 pp.
Japan Times
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Jun 26, 2003
"Follow Me Down," "Frank and the Chamber of Fear"
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Japan Times
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Jun 12, 2003
"Ned Mouse Breaks Away," "The Devil's Toenail"
"Ned Mouse Breaks Away," Tim Wynne-Jones, Groundwood Books; 2003; 192 pp. If you were caught playing with your spinach -- or worse, using long, stringy bits of it to write "I hate what Mom makes me eat" -- what would happen? You'd probably get grounded for a few days, right? But imagine if you got locked...
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
May 29, 2003
"Power and Stone," "Rome"
"Power and Stone," Alice Leader, Puffin Books; May 2003; 249 pp. There's so much more to history than memorizing dates.
Japan Times
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May 1, 2003
"The Eternity Code," "The Countess's Calamity"
"The Eternity Code," Eoin Colfer, Puffin Books; 2003; 329 pp. The 13-year-old, pint-size mastermind of every heist known to man -- or to fairy -- is back. And in the latest installment of the "Artemis Fowl" series, time is running out not for Artemis' poor adversaries, but for him. His father, rescued...
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Apr 17, 2003
"The Sands of Time," "Smile, Crocodile, Smile"
"The Sands of Time," Michael Hoeye, Penguin Putnam Books; 2002; 277 pp. Once in a rare while, there comes a book in which the characters outlive the story. It was certainly not easy to say goodbye to Hermux Tantamoq, the dignified little hero of Michael Hoeye's terrific debut novel, "Time Stops for...
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Apr 3, 2003
"Going for Stone," "Through the Night"
"Going for Stone," Philip Gross, Oxford University Press; 2002; 224 pp. It seems there's only one thing more terrifying than anything you could dream up -- the world you actually live in. Nick is a teenager who hasn't seen much of that world while growing up, but he's in for a shock when he leaves home....
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Mar 20, 2003
"Coraline," "Frankenstella and the Video Shop Monster"
"Coraline," Neil Gaiman, Bloomsbury; 2002; 171 pp.     "We are small, we are many     We are many, we are small     We were here before you rose,     We will be here when you fall."
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Mar 6, 2003
"Dealing with Dragons," "The Last Castaways"
"Dealing with Dragons," Patricia C. Wrede, Magic Carpet; 2002; 228 pp.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Feb 17, 2003
"Holes," "Love That Dog"
"Holes," Louis Sachar, Bloomsbury; 2000; 233 pp. It's hard to say why life is so downright unfair to some children. Take Stanley Yelnats: He gets bullied at school and is ignored by his teachers. And then one day, he gets hit on the head by a pair of sneakers that seems to fall out of the sky. He doesn't...
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
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Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.

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