Wolf children Ame & Yuki

Wolf children Ame & Yuki

Mamoru Hosoda, 1967-

Book - 2014

"When Hana falls in love with a young interloper she encounters in her college class, the last thing she expects to learn is that he is part wolf. Instead of rejecting her lover upon learning his secret, she accepts him with open arms. Soon, the couple is expecting their first child, and a cozy picture of family life unfolds. But after what seems like a mere moment of bliss to Hana, the father of her children is tragically taken from her. Life as a single mother is hard in any situation, but when your children walk a fine line between man and beast, the rules of parenting all but go out the window. With no one to turn to, how will Hana survive?"--Amazon.com.

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Subjects
Shapeshifting > Comic books, strips, etc.
Single mothers > Comic books, strips, etc.
Comic books, strips, etc. > Japan.
Fantasy comic books, strips, etc. > Japan.
Published
New York, NY : Yen Press, Hachette Book Group 2014.
Language
English
Japanese
Main Author
Mamoru Hosoda, 1967- (author)
Other Authors
Yu (artist), Jocelyne Allen, 1974- (translator), Tania Biswas, Lys Blakeslee, 1985-
Edition
First Yen Press edition
Item Description
Originally published: Japan : Kadokawa Corporation, 2012.
Pages numbered from right to left.
Physical Description
538 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
ISBN
9780316401654
Contents unavailable.
Review by Booklist Review

When college student Hana begins to notice a handsome, older guy in one of her classes, she's drawn to him. He's a loner, and as they grow closer, he reveals that he is actually half wolf, the last of a line of legendary Japanese wolves long thought to be extinct. After they become lovers, Hana has a daughter named Yuki and a son named Ame both part wolf like their father. Hana, Yuki, and Ame must all learn to live in secret with Yuki and Ame's wolfish nature. Will any of them ever find peace to be who they really are? How do they balance having more than one identity? This beautifully drawn manga, based on Hosoda's 2012 film Wolf Children, does a lovely job of capturing the joy and heartache of the film and is a thoughtful exploration of what it means to be from multiple cultures. Hand this to fans of cute but melancholy manga series, such as Natsuki Takaya's Fruits Basket (2004) or Summer Wars (2013), also adapted from a Hosoda film.--Mack, Candice Copyright 2014 Booklist

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.

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