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The Lost Ryu

by Emi Watanabe Cohen
Kurt Kanazawa
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Kohei Fujiwara has never seen a big ryu in real life. Those dragons all disappeared from Japan after World War II, and twenty years later, they've become the stuff of legend. Their smaller cousins, who can fit in your palm, are all that remain. And
Kohei loves his ryu, Yuharu, but ...
... Kohei has a memory of the big ryu. He knows that's impossible, but still, it's there, in his mind. In it, he can see his grandpa—Ojiisan—gazing up at the big ryu with what looks to Kohei like total and absolute wonder. When Kohei was little, he
dreamed he'd go on a grand quest to bring the big ryu back, to get Ojiisan to smile again.
But now, Ojiisan is really, really sick. And Kohei is running out of time. Kohei needs to find the big ryu now, before it's too late. With the help of Isolde, his new half-Jewish, half-Japanese neighbor; and Isolde's Yiddish-speaking dragon,
Cheshire; he thinks he can do it. Maybe. He doesn't have a choice.
In The Lost Ryu, debut author Emi Watanabe Cohen gives us a story of multigenerational pain, magic, and the lengths to which we'll go to protect the people we love.

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  • Release date

    June 7, 2022

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781705066072
      • File size: 137237 KB
      • Duration: 04:45:54

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • School Library Journal

      Starred review from August 1, 2022

      Gr 3-7-A sigh of relief is almost immediate as Kurt Kanazawa effortlessly pronounces "ryū"-with exacting attention to that diacritical-then "Hiroshima" just so. The Julliard-trained actor displays his Japanese fluency, adroitly enhancing Cohen's poignant first novel in which dragons-the titular ryū-are bonded companions to people. In 1960s Japan, all the large ryū have disappeared since WWII; young Kohei's own ryū is tiny Yuharu. Kohei lives with his widowed mother and acerbic grandfather-Ojiisan-whose explosive anger might be tamed with a large western ryū by his side. When a Jewish Japanese American family arrives as tenant neighbors, Kohei's initial introduction to their daughter Isolde is marred by his disappointment that Isolde's American ryū is too small to help Ojiisan. Friendship grows quickly, however, and the two hatch a plot hoping to lessen Ojiisan's suffering. VERDICT Kanazawa guarantees Cohen a magnificent audio debut.

      Copyright 2022 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Kurt Kanazawa gives a keenly connected performance of this sweet and emotionally complex middle-grade audiobook. The setting is 1960s Japan, and dragons exist alongside humans; Japan's dragons are called ryu. Kanazawa sounds eminently believable as Kohei, whose little ryu, Yuharu, is always perched on his shoulder. Kohei's grandfather is angry and sick, and Kohei is convinced he can help Ojisan by finding a big ryu, which all disappeared after WWII. Then Kohei meets new neighbor Isolde from America. Kanazawa is fluent with the Japanese words and phrases, and he gives Kohei a slight hesitancy and accent when he is speaking English with Isolde. Their ensuing adventure explores the mystery of Kohei's father's death, the lingering trauma of war, and the power of friendship. J.M.D. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine

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