Temple Alley Summer Book Review Rating: 4/5 Temple Alley Summer is from the famous Japanese children's author Sachiko Kashiwaba. This book was originally written in Japanese but was translated into English in 2011. In fact, Kashiwaba's book The Marvelous Village Veiled in Mist was the inspiration behind the famous Studio Ghibli movie Spirited Away! As a fan of both Studio Ghibli and ghost stories, I was very excited to read this book. Another thing that drew me to the book was the art. I think it's super cool to have art that shows some of the scenes in the book. Kazu, the main character, was well written, and I liked how the author maintained the fact that he was in 5th grade, by making him do things most 5th graders do, like complain about homework, and hang out with friends. Even though he was scared of Akari at first, when he figured out more about her past, he was very kind to her, and I thought that it was very sweet. Akari's reasons for coming back to life were s...