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Title	:	Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit (守り人 #1)
Author	:	Nahoko Uehashi
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 248 pages
Published	:	June 1st 2008 by Arthur A. Levine Books (first published July 1st 1996)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Young Adult. Fiction. Adventure. Asian Literature. Japanese Literature. Cultural. Japan

Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit (守り人 #1) Hardcover | Pages: 248 pages

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You've never read a fantasy novel like this one! The deep well of Japanese myth merges with the Western fantasy tradition for a novel that's as rich in place and culture as it is hard to put down.

Balsa was a wanderer and warrior for hire. Then she rescued a boy flung into a raging river -- and at that moment, her destiny changed. Now Balsa must protect the boy -- the Prince Chagum -- on his quest to deliver the great egg of the water spirit to its source in the sea. As they travel across the land of Yogo and discover the truth about the spirit, they find themselves hunted by two deadly enemies: the egg-eating monster Rarunga . . . and the prince's own father.

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Original Title:	精霊の守り人
ISBN:	0545005426 (ISBN13: 9780545005425)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	守り人 #1
Characters:	Balsa, Chagum, Tanda, Torogai, Shuga
Setting:	New Yogo
Literary Awards:	Batchelder Award (2009), Sankei Children's Book Award (1997), Beacon of Freedom Award (2009)

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Moribito is a high fantasy tale with subtle hints of heroic romance. From the very first pages, the reader literally dives in with Balsa, a 30 year old spear wielding bodyguard for hire, who jumps off a cliff into dark waters below to save a young prince. Balsa is strong, courageous, observant, and a formidable warrior. But Balsa is also a commoner in a foreign land and a woman. Her reward for saving the young prince is a plea from his mother, the second queen, to protect his life from



Magic, spiritual ties to another world, a reverence for nature, warriors, emperors with star readers and shadow assassins, a spirit egg, sacred birds, and a crown prince chosen to protect this menagerie of life occupy the pages of Moribito. Balsa, a warrior, saves the life of the Chagum, the twelve year old crown prince. The mother, believing that someone is attempting to assassinate her son, hands Chagum over to Balsa for protection. Into the lives of a warrior and magic weavers, Chagum comes

So I thought this was going to be a short one, because, well, the book is pretty short, and I didn't think I had much to say about it. Then I started writing, and NGL, totally fangirling, but I don't even care, because this series is fucking awesome, y'all. While Moribito isn't perfect, it was a genuinely pleasurable reading experience, and I would gladly commit gratuitous acts of imaginary violence to have more like it.For those who skipped the summary, Moribito is the story of Balsa, a

I think this one hovers just about 4.5 stars... not exactly perfect, but so so so good. So much about it I can praise:It's a book that I can feel entirely enthusiastic about recommending to children who look for fast-paced and action packed stories with magic.It's a book that features unusual characters: the protagonist is a 30-year-old warrior woman who wields a spear with great skills and who has a rich back story and an intriguing future story to look forward to.It does not alter its

The Moribito (= Guardian) series is one of my favorite works, not only of Asian Fantasy, but of the fantasy genre in general. The world-building, the characters, the story, everything about it is not only, imho, original and creative, but also worked perfectly for me. I will try to express what fascinated me the first time I visited the worlds of Nayugu and Sagu, and what still impresses me after reading (and watching) the story multiple times.First of all there's the world-building. The book is

This is the first of 12 books in a series by Japanese author Nahoko Uehashi. In this first episode, a guard-for-hire named Balsa ends up being hired as Prince Chagum's body guard after she saves him from a river. Chagum is no ordinary prince though. His father wants him dead because he believes Chagnum is possessed by a water demon that will cause a catastrophic drought. Turns out that Chagum is host to a water spirit's egg and a catastrophic drought will occur if Chagum dies. But of course, no