Bio
Claire Youmans is a retired lawyer who has been writing all her life, producing plays, poetry, stories and articles. Her first book, How to Live Aboard and Like It, was published in 1992. Japan's ancient culture fascinated her even before she first began traveling there some 26 years ago. She has found a literary home in the tumultuous period of Meiji-era Japan with The Toki-Girl and the Sparrow-Boy series. Folklore and history combine to provide a delightful and insightful series of fantasy/adventures following Toki-girl Azuki and her brother, Sparrow-boy Shota and their human and folkloric friends as they grow up in rapidly changing world and face all the challenges of growing up as humans and birds.Besides writing, she enjoys sailing, skiing and travel. Originally from Seattle, where her daughter, son-in-law and grand-children live, Youmans now lives in Tokyo.
Genres
Fantasy
Teen & Young Adult
Historical Fiction
Paranormal
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The Sparrows of Pusan
This Sideways Story begins with the truce among humans, the dragons and the Umi-boze. Now, Shota's sailing across the Sea of Japan to the country of Joseon! It's not exactly legal, but he's going offshore to deliver cargo to the foreign port of Pusan! When he's asked to look up a Japanese sparrow who also crossed the sea, he agrees to accept another mission. But when he arrives, he finds the sparrow he's looking for gone. Why have the local sparrows fled to the mountains? Can he find the missing Joseon sparrows? Will Shota find the missing birds and be able to help the sparrows of Pusan -- and will they all be able to work together to help the sparrows of both Joseon and Japan?
