{"id":8707,"date":"2010-01-19T09:53:48","date_gmt":"2010-01-19T14:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=8707"},"modified":"2014-05-19T19:47:46","modified_gmt":"2014-05-19T23:47:46","slug":"the-quest-for-the-missing-girl-by-jiro-taniguchi-translated-by-shizuka-shimoyama-and-elizabeth-tiernan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/the-quest-for-the-missing-girl-by-jiro-taniguchi-translated-by-shizuka-shimoyama-and-elizabeth-tiernan\/","title":{"rendered":"The Quest for the Missing Girl by Jiro Taniguchi, translated by Shizuka Shimoyama and Elizabeth Tiernan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2010\/01\/Quest-for-the-Missing-Girl.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-29318\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2010\/01\/Quest-for-the-Missing-Girl.jpg\" alt=\"Quest for the Missing Girl\" width=\"357\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a>Take notice: this is every parent&#8217;s worst nightmare come true. Without warning, 15-year-old Megumi disappears, seemingly without a trace. Her mother has no idea why she might have left or where she might be &#8230; and the only clue she has is a very expensive designer handbag filled with pricey make-up which she finds hidden under Megumi&#8217;s bed, something the teenager could never afford on her own.<\/p>\n<p>From the mountain shelter swoops down &#8220;Uncle&#8221; Shiga, Megumi&#8217;s father&#8217;s best friend. The two used to climb serious mountains together, until Tatsuko froze to death after summiting Daulaghiri (the world&#8217;s seventh highest mountain) in the Nepali Himalayas. Shiga still berates himself for not having gone up with Tatsuko, and has since promised to look after Tatsuko&#8217;s wife and young child no matter what &#8230; and now he&#8217;s got to find Megumi before it&#8217;s too late.<\/p>\n<p>With the help of a mysterious young man who the city street kids trust, and an unlikely fast-talking school friend of Megumi&#8217;s, Shiga learns Megumi&#8217;s secrets are hardly innocent. Worried and desperate, Shiga is determined to rescue Megumi &#8230; which may well be the last thing he does &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>With some of the most realistic black-and-white graphics, manga veteran Taniguchi creates a fast-moving mystery that will keep you turning those pages, quickly and nervously. As warned, if you&#8217;re a parent &#8230; don&#8217;t read this alone at night. Most importantly, make sure you really, really talk to your kids as often as you can. You wouldn&#8217;t want to discover their secrets this way for sure! As disturbingly entertaining as this manga is, it does double duty as a parenting guide, too!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2008 (United Kingdom, United States)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take notice: this is every parent&#8217;s worst nightmare come true. Without warning, 15-year-old Megumi disappears, seemingly without a trace. 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