02619cam a2200481 i 4500 1286928446 TxAuBib 20240529120000.0 150223t20202018||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781250233264 pbk. 1250233267 pbk. (OCoLC)1191850125 TxAuBib rda Uehashi, Nahoko, author. Kemono no soja I todahen II ojuhen English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2018074621. The Beast Player / Nahoko Uehashi ; translated by Cathy Hirano. First Square Fish edition. New York : Square Fish, 2020. ©2018. 344 pages, 16 unnumbered pages : genealogical table ; 20 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier "Originally published in the United States by Laura Godwin Books/Henry Holt and Company.". Includes an excerpt from the sequel, The Beast Warrior. Erin's family have an important responsibility: caring for the Toda, fearsome water serpents who form the core of their Lord's army. So when a number of Toda mysteriously die, it is Erin's mother who takes the blame, and the punishment - she is sentenced to death. Before she dies she manages to use an ancient, forbidden power to send Erin to safety - leaving her daughter alone, far from home but with the knowledge that both she and her mother are somehow different. Soon, Erin finds she can talk to both the terrifying Toda and the majestic Royal Beasts, who protect the supreme queen of her realm. This knowledge gives her great power, but it also involves her in deadly plots and political game playing that she wants no part of. Can Erin save herself and prevent her beloved beasts from being used as tools of war, or is there no way of avoiding the terrible battles to come? 20240529. Translated from the Japanese. Serpents Juvenile fiction. Families Juvenile fiction. Magic Juvenile fiction. Human-animal communication Juvenile fiction. Human-animal relationships Juvenile fiction. Orphans Juvenile fiction. Fantasy fiction. fast Fiction. fast Juvenile works. fast Fantasy fiction. lcgft Hirano, Cathy, translator.