Search Results: Returned 14 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 14
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[2020], Putnam, G. P. Putnam's Sons Call No: Fic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Told in two voices, seventeen-year-old kamikaze pilot Taro and fifteen-year-old war worker Hana meet in 1945 Japan, he with no future and she, haunted by the past. Includes historical notes and glossary.
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[2020]., Putnam, G. P. Putnam's Sons Call No: HISTORICAL F SMI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Told in two voices, seventeen-year-old kamikaze pilot Taro and fifteen-year-old war worker Hana meet in 1945 Japan, he with no future and she, haunted by the past. Includes historical notes and glossary.
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1993., Charlesbridge Call No: [E] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Although the tradition is to present carp kites only to boys on Children's Day, Kimiko's parents find a way to make the day special for her.
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By Kuhn, Sarah2019., Adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: TEEN FIC KUH Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Kimi Nakamura loves a good fashion statement. She's obsessed with transforming everyday ephemera into Kimi Originals: bold outfits that make her and her friends feel like the Ultimate versions of themselves. But her mother disapproves, and when they get into an explosive fight, Kimi's entire future seems on the verge of falling apart. So when a surprise letter comes in the mail from Kimi's estranged grandparents, inviting her to Kyoto for spring break, she seizes the opportunity to get away from the disaster of her life. When she arrives in Japan, she's met with a culture both familiar and completely foreign to her. She loses herself in the city's outdoor markets, art installations, and cherry blossom festival--and meets Akira, a cute aspiring med student who moonlights as a costumed mochi mascot. And what begins as a trip to escape her problems quickly becomes a way for Kimi to learn more about the mother she left behind, and to figure out where her own heart lies"--Provided by publisher.
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By Obata, Fumio2015., Abrams ComicArts Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: After years in London, Yumiko returns to Japan for her father's funeral. There, she confronts the rituals she has left behind - and her parents' expectations for her.
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[2013], Delacorte Press Call No: [Fic] Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Raised in Japan, American-born tenth-grader Emma is disconcerted by a move to Massachusetts for her mother's breast cancer treatment, because half of Emma's heart remains with her friends recovering from the tsunami.
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[2013], Adolescent, Delacorte Press Call No: Teen Fiction Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Raised in Japan, American-born tenth-grader Emma is disconcerted by a move to Massachusetts for her mother's breast cancer treatment, because half of Emma's heart remains with her friends recovering from the tsunami.
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[2017]., Pantheon Call No: GN TAG Edition: First American edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: My brother's husband Volume: 1Summary Note: "From one of Japan's most notable manga artists: a heartbreaking and redemptive tale of mourning and acceptance that compares and contrasts the contemporary nature of gay tolerance in the East and the West. Yaichi is a work-at-home suburban dad in contemporary Tokyo, married to wife Natsuki, father to young daughter Kana. Their lives are suddenly upended with the arrival at their doorstep of a hulking, affable Canadian named Mike Flanagan, who declares himself the widower of Yaichi's estranged gay twin, Ryoji. Mike is on a quest to explore Ryoji's past, and the family reluctantly but dutifully takes him in. What follows is an unprecedented, revelatory look at and journey into the largely still-closeted Japanese gay culture: how it's been affected by the West, and how the next generation has the chance to change the preconceptions of and prejudices against it"--
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[2017]-., Pantheon Books Call No: GN TAG Edition: First American edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Otouto no Otto Volume: 2Summary Note: "From one of Japan's most notable manga artists: a heartbreaking and redemptive tale of mourning and acceptance that compares and contrasts the contemporary nature of gay tolerance in the East and the West. Yaichi is a work-at-home suburban dad in contemporary Tokyo, married to wife Natsuki, father to young daughter Kana. Their lives are suddenly upended with the arrival at their doorstep of a hulking, affable Canadian named Mike Flanagan, who declares himself the widower of Yaichi's estranged gay twin, Ryoji. Mike is on a quest to explore Ryoji's past, and the family reluctantly but dutifully takes him in. What follows is an unprecedented, revelatory look at and journey into the largely still-closeted Japanese gay culture: how it's been affected by the West, and how the next generation has the chance to change the preconceptions of and prejudices against it"--
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2016., Primary, Magic Wagon Call No: E HAR green dot HAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: My family.Summary Note: My Mom and Dad is the story of a normal day in Kan's life. When classmate Lenny visits his home, he discovers Kan comes from a multicultural family. Who taught him to eat with chopsticks? Dad! Who taught him to play the cello? Mom! Who loves him best? Mom and Dad! Lenny realizes love makes a family. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Looking Glass Library is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.
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By Jean, Emiko2021., Adolescent, Flatiron Books Call No: ROMANCE F JEA Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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 irreverent eighteen-year-old from northern California.
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By Jean, Emiko2021., Adolescent, Flatiron Books Call No: YOUNG ADULT FIC JEA Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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.
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By Jean, Emiko2021., Adolescent, Flatiron Books Call No: TEEN FIC JEA Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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.
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By Bird, Sarah2001., Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House Call No: 813 .54 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Air Force brat Bernadette "Bernie" Root embarks on a tour of Japanese military bases in 1968 in search of answers about the source of the problems that are tearing her parents' marriage apart and destroying the rest of her family.