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Jasmine Toguchi volume 6
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Description
Eight-year-old Jasmine travels to Hiroshima to visit her grandmother and cousin. Includes author's note and instructions on how to make an origami dove.
2) Beyond me
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
290 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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In the aftermath of a major earthquake, eleven-year-old Maya overcomes her own fear to help others at home and in northeast Japan, where a tsunami caused great damage. Includes author's note about the facts behind the story.
Author
Series
Magic bone volume 6
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
110 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Description
"When Sparky's magic bone blasts him to Tokyo, Japan, he discovers a whole new world--one with karaoke, 'squishy fishy' and sumo wrestlers! His new friend, an Akita named Nanami, guides him around the city, until Sparky loses her in a crowd. But it turns out Nanami isn't just any Akita. She's the queen of the Ninja Dogs--a fierce group who are convinced that Sparky has kidnapped her".
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
36 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
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.
Author
Series
I survived volume 8
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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
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
317 pages ; 21 cm
Description
"When eleven-year-old Chiyo Tamura is sent from her home in a small Japanese mountain village to a girls' school in the city of Tsuchiura, she never imagines that she will soon be in Tokyo helping to welcome more than twelve thousand Friendship Dolls from America--including Emily Grace, a gift to her own school. Nor could she dream that she'd have an important role in the crafting of Miss Tokyo, one of fifty-eight Japanese dolls to be sent to America...
9) Wabi Sabi
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Wabi Sabi, a cat living in the city of Kyoto, learns about the Japanese concept of beauty through simplicity as she asks various animals she meets about the meaning of her name.
10) Somewhere among
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
441 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
Eleven-year-old Emma's life in Tokyo changes for the worse when she and her American mother, who is pregnant, must move in with her Japanese grandmother the summer before 9/11 changes the world.
Author
Publisher
Yen On
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
174 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
Maou and Suzuno traveled to Ente Isla to rescue Emi and Ashiya, but for some reason...the Devil King never recovered his powers! Still stuck in his human form with Acieth, how is Maou going to save anyone?
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
92 pages, 62 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Description
Aoki has a crush on Hashimoto, the girl in the seat next to him in class. But he despairs when he borrows her eraser and sees she's written the name of another boy--Ida--on it. To make matters more confusing, Ida sees Aoki holding that very eraser and thinks Aoki has a crush on him!
Author
Series
Dragonbreath volume 2
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
203 p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.
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.
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Appears on list
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An eleven-year-old Japanese-American girl joins her performing arts school's J-Pop club, where the members form an imitation band of their favorite girl group, coming together from different corners of the school to help and support one another along the way.
Author
Series
Jasmine Toguchi volume 7
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Description
When Jasmine and family visit Kabo, the Japanese village where her grandmother grew up, she is homesick and angry with her older sister for not playing with her, but when they start to compromise, they discover ways to bridge their differences. Includes author's note and instructions on how to make a folding fan.
Author
Publisher
Yen On
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
174 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
Do you want fries with your hellfire? After making the difficult decision to quit MgRonald, Chiho’s been spending all her time prepping for the upcoming college entrance exams—until a call from Suzuno interrupts her studies with news that she’s been asked to join one of the most powerful organizations in Ente Isla. The worst part? This new position comes with the responsibility of leading a holy army against Ashiya and the Devil King’s...
Author
Series
Young samurai volume 1
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
359 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
Orphaned by a ninja pirate attack off the coast of Japan in 1611, twelve-year-old English lad Jack Fletcher is determined to prove himself, despite the bullying of fellow students, when the legendary sword master who rescued him begins training him as a samurai warrior.
Author
Series
Dragonbreath volume 2
Publisher
La Galera
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
203 p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.
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.
A Dani Bocafuego le aburre la escuela. Pero cuando unas ranas ninjas intentan secuestrar a la nueva estudiante y afirman que es su reina ninja, las cosas se ponen ms̀ interesantes.
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