The Boy in the Garden
- ISBN-10
- 054750487X
- ISBN-13
- 9780547504872
- Category
- Juvenile Fiction
- Pages
- 32
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-10-18
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Author
- Allen Say
Description
There was a story that Mama read to Jiro: Once, in old Japan, a young woodcutter lived alone in a little cottage. One winter day he found a crane struggling in a snare and set it free. When Jiro looks out the window into Mr. Ozu’s garden, he sees a crane and remembers that story. Much like the crane, the legend comes to life—and, suddenly, Jiro finds himself in a world woven between dream and reality. Which is which? Allen Say creates a tale about many things at once: the power of story, the allure of the imagined, and the gossamer line between truth and fantasy. For who among us hasn’t imagined ourselves in our own favorite fairy tale?
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