THE SKY IS BURNING.
With Rat critically injured protecting him, Shion finally returns to NO. 6. But what he finds there is not the tranquil utopia he left behind, but a city in the grip of panic and chaos. As the holy city collapses in on itself, Shion and Rat put will the future of humanity - and their future together - on the line in the shocking final volume of NO. 6!
Story Locale: No. 6
Series Overview: When Shion, a privileged boy, gives shelter to an urchin for the night, the city he once called home forces him into the ghettos for insubordination. Four years later, an epidemic breaks out across the city. Shion, along with the help of the urchin Rat, must clear his name, even if it means exposing the ugly truth behind the perfect city No. 6.
Atsuko Asano, born in 1954 in Okayama Prefecture, is a Japanese writer who has penned the children's series Telepathy Shojo Ran, and the manga series The Manzai Comics. She began writing childrens novels while attending Aoyama Gakuin College, and majored in literature. Hotaru-kan Monogatari was her first novel. In 1997 she recieved the Noma Prize for Juvenile Literature in 1997 for her book series, Battery, which later went on to win the Shogakukan Children's Publication Culture award in 2005, and has been adapted into a film.
ISBN: 9781612627946
Author: Atsuko Asano
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 15 November 2014
Publisher: Kodansha
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (mm): 193 x 127 x 16
Weight (kg): 0.196
