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1) Yume
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"A modern-day fantasy novel about demons, dreams, and a young woman teaching English in Japan. Cybelle, an expat, lives in a small city in the Kansai region of Japan. Life is difficult: her coworkers don't treat her as one of their own and, outside of work, people dislike or even fear her. On top of it all, Cybelle is struggling to conform to the rules that have helped her survive so far. Elsewhere in Kansai, Zaniel navigates the dream realm, bringing...
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Tokyo ever after volume 2
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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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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,...
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Molly Moon volume 6
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Molly has developed even more amazing powers in the sixth and final hypnotic installment of the bestselling Molly Moon series.
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Tokyo ever after volume 1
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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.
9) The big wave
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His family and village swept away by a tidal wave, Jiya learns to live with the ever-present dangers from the sea and volcano.
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"Kyoto, Japan, 1948. "If a woman knows nothing else, she should know how to be silent. . . . Do not question. Do not fight. Do not resist." Such is eight-year-old Noriko "Nori" Kamiza's first lesson. She will not question why her mother abandoned her with only these final words. She will not fight her confinement to the attic of her grandparents' imperial estate. And she will not resist the scalding chemical baths she receives daily to lighten her...
12) Fudoki
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A tortoiseshell cat whose family is destroyed in a fire that devastated most of the Imperial City embarks on a remarkable journey in search of her identity and soul, attracting the attention of ancient gods who transform her into Kagaya-hime, a woman-warrior.
13) Ojiichan's gift
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"A young girl finds a way to give the gift of a traditional Japanese garden back to her beloved grandfather and accept a difficult change"--
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"Kazu knows something odd is going on when he sees a girl in a white kimono sneak out of his house in the middle of the night--was he dreaming? Did he see a ghost? Things get even stranger when he shows up to school the next day to see the very same figure sitting in his classroom. No one else thinks it's weird, and, even though Kazu doesn't remember ever seeing her before, they all seem convinced that the ghost-girl Akari has been their friend for...
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Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 49
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Wild Willie shows up at Geronimo's door and invites him to travel to Japan to search for an ancient, legendary samurai scroll that holds the secret to a long-lost fighting technique. The scroll's fallen into the wrong hands, and it's up to Geronimo and Wild Willie to track it down and save the day.
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5th Grade Rocks
Asian Pacific American Heritage - Tweens
Newbery Medal Winners & Honor Books - Present to 1922
Asian Pacific American Heritage - Tweens
Newbery Medal Winners & Honor Books - Present to 1922
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In 1841, rescued by an American whaler after a terrible shipwreck leaves him and his four companions castaways on a remote island, fourteen-year-old Manjiro, who dreams of becoming a samurai, learns new laws and customs as he becomes the first Japanese person to set foot in the United States.
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Yo-kai watch volume 10
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"Join Nate as he befriends the Yo-kai of the hit video game Yo-kai Watch! Nate Adams is just an average kid until the mysterious Whisper gives him the Yo-kai Watch. Now he can see what others cannot: Yo-kai of all shapes and forms!"--
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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.
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"In Tokyo, sixteen-year-old Nao has decided there's only one escape from her aching loneliness and her classmates bullying. But before she ends it all, Nao first plans to document the life of her great grandmother, a Buddhist nun who's lived more than a century. A diary is Nao's only solace and will touch lives in ways she can scarcely imagine. Across the Pacific, we meet Ruth, a novelist living on a remote island who discovers a collection of artifacts...
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Lonely castle in the mirror volume 1
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"Bullied to the point of dropping out of school, Kokoro's days blur together as she hides in her bedroom, unable to face her family or friends. As she spirals into despair, her mirror begins to shine; with a touch, Kokoro is pulled from her lonely life into a resplendent, bizarre fairytale castle guarded by a strange girl in a wolf mask. Six other students have been brought to the castle, and soon this marvelous refuge becomes their playground. The...
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