{"product_id":"the-book-of-heroes-9781421540832","title":"The Book of Heroes","description":"\u003cb\u003eA young girl travels into a magical land to save her brother from real-world bullies...and from the evil King in Yellow.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen her brother Hiroki disappears after a violent altercation with school bullies, Yuriko finds a magical book in his room. The book leads her to another world where she learns that Hiroki has been possessed by the evil King in Yellow, and that only she can save him...and solve the riddle of why the King is also called \"Hero.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMiyuki Miyabe's debut story, \"Warera ga rinjin no hanzai\" (Our neighbor's crime), won a new writer award in 1987, and since that time, she has become one of Japan's most popular and best-selling authors. Miyabe's fantasy novel \u003ci\u003eBrave Story\u003c\/i\u003e won the Batchelder Award for best children's book in translation from the American Library Association in 2007. \u003ci\u003eThe Gate of Sorrows \u003c\/i\u003eis an adult novel in the same universe as \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Heroes\u003c\/i\u003e (Haikasoru, 2010). Her other works available in English include \u003ci\u003eAll She Was Worth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Cross Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Sleeping Dragon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Apparitions\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e ICO: Castle in the Mist\u003c\/i\u003e, and more.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Haikasoru","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492449653010,"sku":"9781421540832","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1e48cc03-f686-46c5-b48b-e2ff8e5bf7ce.jpg?v=1737214277","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-book-of-heroes-9781421540832","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}