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    The Beast Player

    Written by Nahoko Uehashi

    Narrated by Caitlin Kelly

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    **One of YALSA's 2020 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults**

    Nahoko Uehashi's The Beast Player is an epic YA fantasy about a girl with a special power to communicate with magical beasts and the warring kingdom only she can save.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    TranslatorCathy Hirano
    Release dateMar 26, 2019
    ISBN9781250212016
    Author

    Nahoko Uehashi

    Nahoko Uehashi is one of Japan's most popular children's writers. She has won numerous awards, including the 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Award. An associate professor at a Japanese university, she has a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology and studies indigenous peoples in Australia. Her books include The Beast Player and the multivolume Moribito series. She lives near Tokyo, Japan.

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