Brave Story
Miyuki Miyabe
Haikasoru/VIZ Media
<span>Winner of the Batchelder Award!</span><br><br><span>Young Wataru flees his messed up life to navigate the magical world of Vision, a land filled with creatures both fierce and friendly. His ultimate destination is the Tower of Destiny where a goddess of fate awaits. Only when he has finished his journey and collected five elusive gemstones will he possess the Demon's Bane</span><span>—</span><span>the key that will grant him his most heartfelt wish...the wish to bring his family back together again!</span>