Tag: Young Adult

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Japan

Cover of How Do You Live featuring an illustration of four young men in uniform walking together down a residential street with a starry night above and a cat in the foreground.

How Do You Live?

Genzaburō Yoshino

Bruno Navasky (Translator)

How Do You Live? Genzaburō Yoshino. Translated by Bruno Navasky. Foreword by Neil Gaiman. Algonquin Young Readers, 2021. This version originally published as 君たちはどう生きるか (Kimitachi wa dō ikiru ka) in Japanese by Iwanami Shoten Publishers, in Tokyo, in 1982; first published in Japan in 1937. ISBN 9781616209773. 288 p. (Ages 10 and up). Fiction.

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Cover for Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit featuring an illustration of warrior-like figure dressed in white and in motion holding a person who is passed out and dressed in a red and orange print in their arms. In the background is a wooden bridge and below them is an illustration of tumultuous water with foamy waves.

Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

Nahoko Uehashi

Cathy Hirano (Translator)

Yuko Shimizu (Illustrator)

Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit. Nahoko Uehashi. Translated by Cathy Hirano. Illustrated by Yuko Shimizu. Arthur A. Levine Books, 2008. Originally published as 精霊の守り人 (Seirei no moribito) in Japanese by Kaisei-Sha Publishing Co., Ltd., in Tokyo, in 1996. ISBN 9780545005425. 272 p. (Ages 10-14). Fiction.

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Cover for Shuna's Journey featuring an illustration of a young man dressed in green with a head covering riding an elk over a hill towards the viewer. In the background is a colorful sky that is yellow then becomes light blue then light to dark shades of purple as it approaches the horizon. The title is displayed in bright orange and the author's name is prominently displayed in dark blue.

Shuna's Journey

Hayao Miyazaki

Alex Dudok de Wit (Translator)

Hidao Miyazaki (Illustrator)

Shuna’s Journey. Hayao Miyazaki. Translated by Alex Dudok de Wit. Illustrated by Hidao Miyazaki. First Second, 2022. Originally published as シュナの旅 (Shuna no tabi) in Japanese by Tokuma Shoten Co., Ltd., in Tokyo, in 1983. ISBN 9781250846525. 160 p. (Ages 12 and up). Graphic Novel.

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China & Taiwan

China
Cover of Monkey King: Journey to the West featuring an illustration of a monkey in king-like clothing riding on a lotus brandishing a staff. In the background is a temple, a mountain, and a textured yellow background of a dragon.

Monkey King: Journey to the West

Wu Cheng'en

Julia Lovell (Translator)

Monkey King: Journey to the West. Wu Cheng’en. Translated by Julia Lovell. Forward by Gene Luen Yang. Penguin Books, 2021. ISBN 9780143107187. 339 p. (Ages 12 and up). Epic.

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The Middle East & North Africa

Israel
Cover for From Foe to Friend featuring an illustration of a man sitting at an open window with green shutters writing on an piece of paper with, unbeknownst to him, a ghost on the outskirts of the window frame with a brown leaf at his tale and a piece of paper in his hand and a goat below the frame looking up at the ghost. There's a frame around the scene and the background is different shades of yellow. The title on the cover is green like the window's shutters.

From Foe to Friend & Other Stories

S.Y. Agnon

Shay Charka (Illustrator)

From Foe to Friend & Other Stories. S.Y. Agnon. A graphic novel by Shay Charka. Translated and adapted by Jeffrey Saks. The Toby Press, 2014. Originally published as Shay veAgnon: Sheloshah Sippurim in Hebrew by Schocken Publishing House Ltd., in Tel Aviv, in 2012. ISBN 9781592643950. 48 p. (Ages 12 and up). Graphic novel.

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Palestine
Cover for The Blue Pool of Questions featuring an illustration of a man's head with blue hair that appears to be giant poking up out of a body of water surrounded by some yellowy red leaves or flowers and buildings also poking up out of the water with people sitting on top of them seemingly to escape the flooding water. The background is a dark red and orange cloudy sky.

The Blue Pool of Questions

Māyā Abū al-Ḥayyāt

Hanan Awad (Translator)

Hassan Manasrah (Illustrator)

The Blue Pool of Questions. Māyā Abū al-Ḥayyāt. Translated by Hanan Awad. Illustrated by Hassan Manasrah. Penny Candy Books, 2017. Originally published in Arabic by Birzeit: Palestine Writing Workshop, in Palestine, in 2016. ISBN 9780997221985. 32 p. (Ages 4 and up). Picture book.

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Lebanon
Cover for Ghady and Rawan featuring photos of two distinct city skylines, one with more urban architecture and the other with more decorative architecture, along the top and bottom borders of the cover with the top photo inverted. The middle of the cover is blue mimicking the sky.

Ghady & Rawan

Fatimma Sharafeddine and Samar Mahfouz Barraj

Sawad Hussain and M. Lynx Qualey (Translators)

Ghady & Rawan. Fatima Sharafeddine and Samar Mahfouz Barraj. Translated by Sawad Hussain and M. Lynx Qualey. University of Texas Press, 2019. Originally published as غدي وروان in Arabic by دار الساقي in Beirut, in 2013. ISBN 1477318526. 134 p. (Ages 12-14). Fiction.

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Syria
Cover of Wild Poppies featuring a large vibrant orange poppy illustration on a black background with two school age boys, one with a backpack on, illustrated within the poppy's petals on either side facing away from each other.

Wild Poppies

Haya Saleh

Wild Poppies. Haya Saleh. Translated by M. Lynx Qualey. Levine Querido, 2023. Originally published as شقائق النعمان in Arabic by Dar al-Yasmine in Amman. ISBN 9781646142019. 178 p. (Ages 10-14). Fiction.

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Latin America

Chile
Cover for Book of Questions featuring an illustration of a large spiral seashell with water, ships, and animals including rabbits and fish flowing out of it. It appears to be floating in space and there are decorative red lines radiating out of the center of the cover. The book's title and authors are displayed in green and alternate between being filled our just outlined.

Book of Questions

Pablo Neruda

Sara Lissa Paulson (Translator)

Paloma Valdivia (Illustrator)

Book of Questions: Selections/Libro de las preguntas: Selecciones. Pablo Neruda. Translated by Sara Lissa Paulson. Illustrated by Paloma Valdivia. Enchanted Lion Books, 2022. Originally published as Libro de las preguntas in Spanish by Editorial Losada, Buenos Aires, in 1974. ISBN 9781592703227. 80 p. (Ages 6 and up). Poetry.

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Brazil
Cover for My Sweet Orange Tree featuring an illustration of a young boy with blonde hair sitting on the ground made of brick or cobble beside a window of a building with a toolbox at his feet looking off to the side. The window is blue and the leaves of a tree cover a corner of it.

My Sweet Orange Tree

José Mauro de Vasconcelos

Alison Entrekin (Translator)

My Sweet Orange Tree. José Mauro de Vasconcelos. Translated by Alison Entrekin. Candlewick, 2019. Originally published as O Meu Pé de Laranja Lima in Portuguese by Editora Melhoramentos, in Brazil, in 1968. ISBN ‎9781536203288. 272 p. (Ages 12 and up). Fiction.

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