Anzu and the Realm of Darkness
Mai K. Nguyen
After her grandmother dies, Anzu finds the year’s Obon festival difficult. When a dog takes her grandmother’s necklace, she is pulled into the land of the dead. Anzu must break a curse and free the spirits of lost children before sunrise, or remain trapped in the spirit world. A Japanese American girl, she also faces racist taunts at school before entering the Shinto underworld.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 2 editions from 2 organizations.
