The girl’s eyelids fluttered open. Ico saw his face reflected in her dark eyes.
He smiled at her.
The girl sat up, wind teasing the hair that fell down over her forehead.
Ico took the girl’s hand in his own, the gesture feeling intensely familiar, as the sun shone brightly over the end of their long story.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Miyuki Miyabe’s first novel was published in 1987, and since that time she has become one of Japan’s most popular and best-selling authors. Miyabe’s 2007 novel Brave Story won The Batchelder Award for best children’s book in translation from the American Library Association. ICO: Castle in the Mist is Miyabe’s seventh book to be translated into English. Her Haikasoru novels include Brave Story and The Book of Heroes.
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