Mina's Matchbox AC25 and an endless fascination with

and an endless fascination with movement

the philosopher Marcus Aurelius

Luffy dreamed of becoming King of the Pirates

Dawsyn must lead her people home

a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution

Mina's Matchbox AC25 and an endless fascination withOn sleepless nights, I open the matchbox and reread the story of the girl who gathered shooting stars. After the death of her father, twelve year old Tomoko is sent to live for a year with her uncle in the coastal town of Ashiya. It is a year which will change her life. The 1970s are bringing changes to Japan and her uncle's magnificent colonial mansion opens up a new and unfamiliar world for Tomoko; its sprawling gardens are even home to a pygmy