Other editions of book The Ink-Keeper's Apprentice

Living on his own in postwar Japan, a determined young boy from an aristocratic family apprentices himself to one of Japan's foremost cartoonists, in an autobiographical novel by the Caldecott Medalist for Grandfather's Journey. Reissue.

Thirteen-year-old Kiyoi, an apprentice to the famous cartoonist, Noro Shinpei, tries to develop his talent and become self-reliant, in this novel based upon the author's own boyhood in Japan.

Thirteen-year-old Kiyoi, an apprentice to the famous cartoonist, Noro Shinpei, tries to develop his talent and become self-reliant, in this novel based upon the author's own boyhood in Japan.

Thirteen-year-old Kiyoi, an apprentice to the famous cartoonist, Noro Shinpei, tries to develop his talent and become self-reliant, in this novel based upon the author's own boyhood in Japan. "A warm, sensitive portrait of growing up in post-war Japan." -- Booklist, starred review

Living on his own in postwar Japan, a determined young boy from an aristocratic family apprentices himself to one of Japan's foremost cartoonists, in an autobiographical novel by the Caldecott Medalist for Grandfather's Journey. Reprint.

None

None

None

Based on Allen Say’s own boyhood in Japan, The Ink-Keeper’s Apprentice is a rich and remarkable novel. The story of a budding artist and his steps toward self-reliance, Kiyoi’s tale is also one of the fragile beauty of human relationships— of family loyalty, of friendship, and of the special bond between a mentor and his student.

Excellent Book

A 14-year-old boy lives on his own in Tokyo and becomes apprenticed to a famous Japanese cartoonist.

A fourteen-year-old boy lives on his own in Tokyo and becomes apprenticed to a famous Japanese cartoonist