Mina's Matchbox - Yoko Ogawa White Goblin Games In 'Fair Extension'

In 'Fair Extension'

Then he glances out his classroom window and spots the flying saucer

With Hugo's help he finally starts to learn about all the things he missed in life

is called in

but there's life in the great beast yet

Mina's Matchbox - Yoko Ogawa White Goblin Games In 'Fair Extension'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 hippo the family keeps as a pet. Tomoko finds her relatives equally exotic and beguiling and her growing