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Red Girls: The Legend of the Akakuchibas
Red Girls: The Legend of the Akakuchibas
Red Girls: The Legend of the Akakuchibas
Red Girls: The Legend of the Akakuchibas

Red Girls: The Legend of the Akakuchibas

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About Red Girls: The Legend Of The Akakuchibas

Product Description When the Outland People abandoned a baby girl on the outskirts of a village, few imagined that she would grow up to marry into the illustrious Akakuchiba family, much less that she would develop clairvoyant abilities and become matriarch of the illustrious ironworking clan. Her daughter shocks the village further by joining a motorcycle gang and becoming a famous manga artist. The Outlander’s granddaughter Toko—well, she’s nobody at all. A nobody worth entrusting with the secret that her grandmother was a murderer. This is Toko’s story. From School Library Journal Gr 10 Up—Manyo, abandoned by the mythical "Mountain People," is adopted by the Tadas, whom she affectionately refers to as the "young couple." Not only is Manyo an "outlander," she is also illiterate, making her the target of ridicule and bullying. Blessed (or cursed, depending upon perspective) with clairvoyance, Manyo is chosen by an elite family (the Akakuchibas) to become the family matriarch and give birth to the heir of the family business. What follows is a tragic mystery reminiscent of Cassandra from Greek myths (except Manyo remains mostly silent about her prophecies). Told from the perspective of her granddaughter, this volume is the story of the Akakuchiba family's dominance in Japan during the post-World War II industrial boom and the trials of their offspring in the years of civil unrest, technology upsurge, and the end of the Cold War that followed (1953–92). Part mystery, drama, and supernatural, this title is full of characters and intertwining stories that occasionally get lost in one another. Although the characters are interesting, there are too many for readers to make any real emotional investment in their stories. VERDICT Recommended for older teens with an interest Japanese literature.—Tamela Chambers, Chicago Public Schools About the Author Kazuki Sakuraba was born in 1971. She began publishing while still in college. Her early Gosick light novels were best sellers, and her adult fiction is also popular and acclaimed. Red Girls won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award in 2007, and Watashi no otoko, a suspense novel about an incestuous relationship, won the Naoki Prize for popular fiction in 2008.