A girl wearing a backpack floats a little while standing in a narrow Japanese alleyway.

Temple Alley Summer / Sachiko Kashiwaba

In this unique book, a young man named Kazu realizes that something isn’t right with the new student—he’s the only one who can’t remember that she’s always been there and isn’t new at all!  After finding out that the street he lives on is also not as it seems, Kazu has to solve several mysteries—including finding out the truth behind an old story in a serial magazine from years ago.  An adventure within an adventure for ages 8 and up.