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22) 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
Series
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Eimi is going home for the holidays to her parents' new house. Shimonuki's supposed to go with her, but a family emergency porevents that. To avoid riding the train alone, Eimi drags Wanibuchi along. As they travel the country and through Wanibuchi's past, will they grow closer together or farther apart?
Author
Publisher
Del Rey/Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Lavender House, the orphanage where Najika grew up is closing, and there is only one way to save it. Najika is challenged to a High Tea cook-off with the stipulation that if she loses the contest on purpose Lavender House will be saved.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Kimi Nakamura loves nothing more than transforming the outfits of her friends into expressions of their "Ultimate Selves" but her mother thinks it is a waste of time. After a huge fight, Kimi makes the decision to accept her grandparents' invitation to Kyoto where she is surrounded by her heritage, which is simultaneously foreign and familiar, and the environment helps her understand her mother better than ever before.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Ren Scarborough has been collecting souls in the London streets for centuries...When her failure to control her Shinigami abilities drives Ren out of London, she flees to Japan to seek the acceptance she's never gotten from her fellow Reapers. Accompanied by her younger brother, the only being on earth to care for her, Ren enters the Japanese underworld to serve the Goddess of Death, only to learn that here, too, she must prove herself worthy"--
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Komi's family is hosting a guest, and the standoffish Rei is really putting Komi's friendship skills to the test! But Komi sees a bit of her old loneliness in the child and won't give up on making a connection, even if she has to chase Rei all over town to do it!" --
Author
Series
Dragonbreath ; 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Suki the salamander--the new foreign exchange student--is being stalked by ninja frogs, Danny, Wendell the iguana, and Suki travel to Great-grandfather Dragonbreath's home in mythical Japan to find a solution for the problem.
Author
Series
Magic tree house ; 5
Language
English
Description
The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back in time to feudal Japan where the siblings learn about the ways of the Ninja.
34) The mermaid
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Set in the ocean off Japan, this retelling of Goldilocks and the Three Bears stars Kiniro, a mermaid, who finds a baby octopus's breakfast, chair, and bed just right"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Shojo Beat
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
"When bubbly eleventh-grader Eimi Yamashita finds out that her parents are relocating for work, she decided to strike out on her own and move into a dormitory for girls. Little does Eimi suspect the exciting romantic adventures that await her there!"--Cover.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Set during WWII and told in alternating voices, Nellie, a young Oregonian and survivor of a balloon bomb sent over by the Japanese, strives to understand how the war has torn her community apart and created prejudice against Japanese-Americans, while across the ocean, as part of her nationalist duty, Tamiko helps create the balloon bombs, but in her struggle to survive hunger and starvation, Tamiko muddles her way through her anger against the United...
40) Tokyo dreaming
Author
Series
Tokyo ever after ; 2
Language
English
Description
"When the Imperial Household Council refuses to approve the marriage of her parents, eighteen-year-old Izumi decides to become the perfect princess to help win the council's consent, but will she sacrifice her own heart in order to secure her parents' happiness?" --
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