Even though Lila's cousins do some things differently, Lila loves when they come to visit.

Kiri, a Japanese American girl who loves to draw and paint, tries to use the origami set she received for her birthday. Includes instructions for making an origami butterfly.

"The biography of Japanese American basketball star Wataru Misaka, the first person of color to play for the National Basketball Association"--

When seven-year-old Laura and her family visit Grandfather's grave at the Manzanar War Relocation Center, the Japanese American child leaves behind a special symbol.

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.

With her parents on the verge of separating, a devastated twelve-year-old Japanese American girl spends the summer in Los Angeles with her grandparents, where she folds paper cranes into wedding displays, becomes involved with a young skateboarder, and learns how complicated relationships can be.

"Gyo Fujikawa's iconic children's books are beloved all over the world. Now it's time for Gyo's story to be told--a story of artistic talent that refused to be constrained by rules or expectations. Growing up quiet and lonely at the beginning of the twentieth century, Gyo learned from her relatives the ways in which both women and Japanese people lacked opportunity. Her teachers and family believed in her and sent her to art school and later Japan,...

Assassin John Rain is trying to leave the killing business behind but a message from a rogue CIA operative threatens to reignite the killing rage within him.

When kids begin to disappear, Momo teams up with the magical fox spirit Niko and her friends to confront a dangerous enemy from Shinto legend Tamamo-no-mae and embark on a quest to the Sky Kingdom to steal the legendary Mirror of the Sun to save their world.