The Emperor of Any Place

by Tim Wynne-Jones

Book Overview

The ghosts of war reverberate across the generations in a riveting, time-shifting story within a story from acclaimed thriller writer Tim Wynne-Jones. When Evan's father dies suddenly, Evan finds a hand-bound yellow book on his desk--a book his dad had been reading when he passed away. The book is the diary of a Japanese soldier stranded on a small Pacific island in WWII. Why was his father reading it? What is in this account that Evan's grandfather,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763669733
• ISBN13: 9780763669737
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher