From the bestselling, Batchelder Award-winning author and translator of Temple Alley Summer and The House of the Lost on the Cape comes the fantastic adventure that first inspired Hayao Miyazaki-s beloved film, Spirited Away.
A mountain town that-s not on any map, a messy bookstore with infinite doors, and a spoiled prince under a forgetful wizard-s curse . . . this school break might hold more than Lina bargained for!
Lina-s father had suggested she go "someplace different" for the summer, and she''s beginning to wish she hadn-t listened. She could be at her grandma-s house in Nagano now, instead of trudging through a forest in search of a town that might not even exist. But when a gust of wind carries off her umbrella, it leads Lina down a secret path between the trees to a strange and incredible world. In the hidden village of Misty Valley, centaurs roam the cobblestone streets and gnomes visit shops stuffed
