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29) Rain fall
Author
Series
John Rain novels volume 1
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When Amaterasu Takahashi opens the door of her home to a badly scarred man claiming to be her grandson, she doesn't believe him. Her grandson and her daughter perished nearly 40 years ago during the bombing of Nagasaki. But the man carries with him a collection of sealed private letters that open a pandora's box of family secrets she had sworn to leave behind when she fled Japan. Will she allow herself to believe in a miracle?
31) Yotsuba &!: 1
Author
Series
Yotsuba&! volume 1
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
The curious and curiouser Yotsuba moves to a new town with her dad. In the process of moving in, Yotsuba encounters things like swingsets and broken door handles, which all bring about a never-ending torrent of questions and shrieks of amazement.
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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2023 Reading Challenge: Under 200 pages/novella
2024 Reading Challenge: Book where the main character is over 50
2024 Reading Challenge: Book where the main character is over 50
Description
"A surreal, devastating story of a homeless ghost who haunts one of Tokyo's busiest train stations. Kazu is dead. Born in Fukushima in 1933, the same year as the Japanese Emperor, his life is tied by a series of coincidences to the Imperial family and has been shaped at every turn by modern Japanese history. But his life story is also marked by bad luck, and now, in death, he is unable to rest, doomed to haunt the park near Ueno Station in Tokyo....
33) Our cursed love
Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When a love potion gone wrong causes Cam to forget his best friend Remy completely, they travel through Tokyo to rediscover his memories, make new ones, and maybe even fall in love all over again.
34) Newcomer
Author
Series
Kyoichiro Kaga mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Newly transferred to a precinct in the Nihonbashi area of Tokyo, Detective Kyochiro Kaga, while investigating the puzzling murder of a woman, soon discovers that nearly all the people living and working in the business district of Nihonbashi are suspects.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Formats
Description
A dark, satirical thriller by the bestselling Japanese author, following the perilous train ride of five highly motivated assassins--soon to be a major film from Sony. Nanao, nicknamed Lady Bird--the self-proclaimed "unluckiest assassin in the world"--boards a bullet train from Tokyo to Morioka with one simple task: grab a suitcase and get off at the next stop. Unbeknownst to him, the deadly duo Tangerine and Lemon are also after the very same suitcase--and...
36) Yume
Author
Publisher
Rare Machines
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Best-selling author John Shors is a master storyteller. A novel of mercy, love, and renewal in a time of war, Beside a Burning Sea is hailed as "a magical read" (Publishers Weekly). During World War II, the hospital ship Benevolence is providing relief to victims in the South Pacific when she is torpedoed and sunk. Among the survivors are a troubled nurse named Annie and the wounded Japanese soldier named Akira who saves her life.
Author
Language
English
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Description
"For fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold, a charming, internationally bestselling Japanese novel about how the perfect book recommendation can change a readers' life. What are you looking for? So asks Tokyo's most enigmatic librarian. For Sayuri Komachi is able to sense exactly what each visitor to her library is searching for and provide just the book recommendation to help them find it. A restless retail assistant looks to gain new skills, a mother...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In her most ambitious, moving, and provocative novel to date, Sarah Bird makes a stunning departure. Above the East China Sea tells the entwined stories of two teenaged girls, an American and an Okinawan, whose lives are connected across seventy years by the shared experience of profound loss, the enduring strength of an ancient culture, and the redeeming power of family love.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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.
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