The Last Samurai -- Helen DeWitt, Paperback Children's Books/Ages 9-12 People & Places including retro color palettes and

including retro color palettes and bold

which is exactly what Sara has in mind when she shoots the unholy beast off his steed

he awakens in a place few Europeans know of and even fewer have seen--Nippon

is desperate for a fresh start

The cars are filled with monsters

The Last Samurai -- Helen DeWitt, Paperback Children's Books/Ages 9-12 People & Places including retro color palettes andHelen DeWitt's 2000 debut, The Last Samurai, was "destined to become a cult classic" (Miramax). The enterprising publisher sold the rights in twenty countries, so "Why not just, 'destined to become a classic?'" (Garth Risk Hallberg) And why must cultists tell the uninitiated it has nothing to do with Tom Cruise? Sibylla, an American at Oxford turned loose on London, finds herself trapped as a single mother after a misguided one night stand. High