A work by Japanese author Sachiko Kashiwaba has received this year’s Batchelder Award for being the most outstanding children’s book originally published outside the United States in a language other than English, according to the American Library Association. The book “Temple Ally Summer” by the 68-year-old, originally published in Japanese as “Kimyoji yokocho no natsu” by Kodansha Ltd., is a mysterious fantasy tale about the summer vacation of a ghost girl and her classmates. It was translated into English by Avery Fischer Udagawa and released in the United States by Restless Books. The annu…