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Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Seventeen-year-old Sophia has seven days left in Tokyo before she moves back to the United States, and she unexpectedly finds herself drawn to Jamie, a boy with whom she shares a heartbreaking history. Can their one short week of Tokyo adventures end in anything but good-bye?"--
Author
Language
English
Description
"On her sixteenth birthday, Elle Zoellner leaves the foster care system to live with the father she never knew in Tokyo, Japan." --
On her sixteenth birthday, Washington D.C. foster kid Elle Zoellner discovers that her long-lost father, Kenji Takahari, is actually a Japanese hotel mogul and wants her to come live with him. She meets her father, aunt, and grandmother in Tokyo. In an effort to please her new family Elle falls in with the Ex-Brats,...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"After learning that her father is the Crown Prince of Japan, Izumi travels to Tokyo, where she discovers that Japanese imperial life--complete with designer clothes, court intrigue, paparazzi scandals, and a forbidden romance with her handsome but stoic bodyguard--is a tough fit for the outspoken and irreverant eighteen-year-old from northern California." --
Author
Series
I survived ; 8
Language
English
Description
A massive earthquake and devastating tsunami hit Japan while Ben is visiting his late father's hometown, pulling Ben's family apart and leaving him stranded in a strange country during an epic disaster.
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As five-year-old Keiko and her eighty-five year old Obi, or grandmother, excitedly prepare to celebrate the Star Festival, Tanabata Matsuri, Obi tells the story of Tanabata. Includes information about the festival and how it is celebrated." --
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
When his mother dies three weeks before his high school graduation, Danny goes to Tokyo, where his mother had been going for cancer treatments, to learn about the city his mother loved and, with the help of his friends, come to terms with her death.
10) The bicycle man
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The amazing tricks two American soldiers do on a borrowed bicycle are a fitting finale for the school sports day festivities ina small village in occupied Japan.
Author
Publisher
LB, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Yoshio delights in the everyday sounds of Tokyo, but when a musician tells him that her favorite sound is ma, the Japanese word for silence, Yoshio sets out to hear this sound for himself among the hustle and bustle of the city. Includes information on the Japanese concept of ma.
12) Up from the sea
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A novel in verse about the March 2011 tsunami that sent Japan into chaos, told from the point-of-view of Kai, a biracial teenaged boy.
13) Snow White
Author
Series
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This is the enchanting tale of Snow White, the princess who is cast out of her castle and who takes a bite of a ruby-red apple. But set in Japan"--Back cover.
15) The bamboo sword
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In Japan in 1853, at the time of U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry's visit to Japan, Yoshi, a young Japanese boy who dreams of becoming a samurai one day, learns about America from Majiro and has adventures with Jack, a young cabin boy aboard one of the U.S. ships. Includes historical notes and glossary.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Japan 1945. Taro is a talented violinist and a kamikaze pilot in the days before his first and only mission. He believes he is ready to die for his country . . . until he meets Hana. Hana hasn't been the same since the day she was buried alive in a collapsed trench during a bomb raid. She wonders if it would have been better to have died that day . . . until she meets Taro. A song will bring them together. The war will tear them apart. Is it possible...
17) Orchards
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sent to Japan for the summer after an eighth-grade classmate's suicide, half-Japanese, half-Jewish Kana Goldberg tries to fit in with relatives she barely knows and reflects on the guilt she feels over the tragedy back home.
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"While investigating a strange set of mysterious deaths, Itadori meets Junpei, a troubled kid who is often bullied at school. However, Junpei is also befriended by the culprit behind the bloody incident--Mahito, a mischievous cursed spirit! Mahito sets in motion a devious plan involving Junpei, hoping to ensnare Itadori as well."--Publisher's website.
20) The lost ryū
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Running out of time to make his grandfather smile once again before it's too late, Kohei searches for a ryū--a dragon of legend--in this multigenerational story about the lengths to which people will go to protect those they love."--
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