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Lonely castle in the mirror / Mizuki Tsujimura, translated by Philip Gabriel.

By: Tsujimura, Mizuki, 1980- [author.]Contributor(s): Gabriel, Philip [translator.]Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Japanese Publisher: London : Penguin Books, 2022Description: 400 pages. : 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781529176667; 1529176662Uniform titles: Kagami no kojo. English Genre/Form: Magic realism (Literature)DDC classification: 895.636 Summary: Would you share your deepest secrets to save a friend?In a tranquil neighbourhood of Tokyo, seven teenagers wake to find their bedroom mirrors are shining. At a single touch, they are pulled from their lonely lives to a wondrous castle filled with winding stairways, watchful portraits and twinkling chandeliers. In this new sanctuary, they are confronted with a set of clues leading to a hidden room where one of them will be granted a wish. But there's a catch: if they don't leave the castle by five o'clock, they will be punished. As time passes, a devastating truth emerges: only those brave enough to share their stories will be saved.
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Book Book Paul Hamlyn Library Paul Hamlyn Library London fiction collection Floor 3 TSU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Issued 11/11/2024 07081162
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Translated from the Japanese.

Would you share your deepest secrets to save a friend?In a tranquil neighbourhood of Tokyo, seven teenagers wake to find their bedroom mirrors are shining. At a single touch, they are pulled from their lonely lives to a wondrous castle filled with winding stairways, watchful portraits and twinkling chandeliers.

In this new sanctuary, they are confronted with a set of clues leading to a hidden room where one of them will be granted a wish.

But there's a catch: if they don't leave the castle by five o'clock, they will be punished. As time passes, a devastating truth emerges: only those brave enough to share their stories will be saved.

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