Avery Fischer Udagawa
Avery Fischer Udagawa grew up in Kansas and studied English and Asian Studies at St. Olaf College in Minnesota. She holds an MA in advanced Japanese studies from the University of Sheffield. She has studied at Nanzan University, Nagoya, on a Fulbright fellowship, and at the Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies, Yokohama. She writes, translates and works in international education near Bangkok, where she lives with her bicultural family.
Books
By Sachiko Kashiwaba
Illustrations by Yukiko Saito
Translated from the Japanese by Avery Fischer Udagawa
Yonder: Restless Books for Young Readers
A 2024 Mildred L. Batchelder Award Honoree
A 2024 USBBY Outstanding International Book
A 2024 CCBC Choices Title
★ One of Kirkus Reviews’ 10 Essential Middle-Grade Books for Fall 2023 — Starred Review
One of Kirkus Reviews’ Best Middle-Grade Family Stories of 2023
A 2023 Cybils Awards Finalist for Speculative Middle Grade Fiction
From the author and translator of the Batchelder Award–winning novel Temple Alley Summer comes the moving story of three generations of women adapting to their new home, and its mythical inhabitants, in the tragic aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake.
Hardcover • ISBN: 9781632063373
Publication date: Sep 19, 2023
Temple spirits, mythical creatures, and stories within stories! Dive into the worlds of Sachiko Kashiwaba’s Temple Alley Summer (Winner, 2022 Batchelder Award) and The House of the Lost on the Cape (Honoree, 2024 Batchelder Award), with acclaimed translations by Avery Fischer Udagawa.
By Sachiko Kashiwaba
Illustrations by Miho Satake
Translated from the Japanese by Avery Fischer Udagawa
2024 IBBY Honour List (Translation)
Winner of the 2022 Mildred L. Batchelder Award
Bank Street College Best Children’s Books of the Year 2022
A July/August 2021 Kids’ Indie Next Pick
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
Winner of a 2022 SCBWI Crystal Kite Award
A 2022 CCBC Choices Title
Yonder: Restless Books for Young Readers
From renowned Japanese children’s author Sachiko Kashiwaba, Temple Alley Summer is a fantastical and mysterious adventure featuring the living dead, a magical pearl, and a suspiciously nosy black cat named Kiriko.
Hardcover ISBN: 9781632063038
Publication date: Jul 6, 2021
Paperback ISBN: 9781632063793
Publication date: May 28, 2024
For Women in Translation Month, we asked our favorite authors and translators share a glimpse into their reading lives with rapid-fire picks for favorite women writers in translation.
By Sachiko Kashiwaba
Illustrations by Miho Satake
Translated from the Japanese by Avery Fischer Udagawa
Yonder: Restless Books for Young Readers
From the bestselling, Batchelder Award–winning author and translator of Temple Alley Summer and The House of the Lost on the Cape comes the fantastic adventure that first inspired Hayao Miyazaki’s beloved film, Spirited Away.
Hardcover • ISBN: 9781632063922
Publication date: May 27, 2025