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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.
43) Hard rain
Author
Series
John Rain novels volume 2
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
44) Diary of a void
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"When thirty-four-year-old Ms. Shibata gets a new job in Tokyo to escape sexual harassment at her old one, she finds that, as the only woman at her new workplace -- a company that manufactures cardboard tubes -- she is expected to do all the menial tasks. One day she announces that she can't clear away her colleagues' dirty cups because she's pregnant and the smell nauseates her. The only thing is... Ms. Shibata is not pregnant. Pregnant Ms. Shibata...
45) Seventeen
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen years after an air disaster of unprecedented scale occured near his newspaper office, reporter Kazumasa Yuuki makes good on a promise he made during that supercharged week and solves a mystery.
46) Cajun justice
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Cain Lemaire is an ex-Secret Service agent from New Orleans. With help from his sister who's working in Japan, Cain takes a job in Tokyo as head of security detail for a very successful and important CEO. Cain ends up tangling with the yakuza (Japanese mafia) and unraveling a sex slavery ring"--
Cain Lemaire, an ex-Secret Service agent from New Orleans, had his dream job protecting the President until a scandal lost him his post. Needing a new direction...
Author
Publisher
Astra House
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Trinity, Trinity, Trinity is a novel set in a world in which Japanese senior citizens display symptoms of a mysterious condition known as "Trinity," about a woman who suspects her mother has been drawn into a terrorist attack, and sets out to uncover family secrets, finding unexpected connections between the Olympics and Japan's history of atomic power"--
Series
Kageki shoujo!! volume 7
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The Culture Festival is about to begin, and the first-years start prepping to perform! When Sarasa gets Sugimoto's dream role, the class rep finds herself struggling to understand what she did wrong. Can she find a way to get past her disappointment?"--Back cover.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"University sophomore Miwako Sumida has hanged herself, leaving those closest to her reeling. In the months before her suicide, she was hiding away in a remote mountainside village, but what, or whom, was she running from? To Ryusei, a fellow student at Waseda; Chie, Miwako's best friend; and Fumi, Ryusei's older sister, Miwako was more than the blunt, no-nonsense person she projected to the world. Heartbroken, Ryusei begs Chie to take him to the...
Author
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Kirigoe Mima is in the third year of her career as a pure and innocent pop idol. Feeling like something big needs to change, she plans to give her image a major update. When the new Mima is revealed-complete with a sexy outfit and a risqué photo book-one of her most obsessive fans refuses to accept her transformation. To restore Mima to the innocent girl of her debut, he puts a terrifying plan to action that throws her life into chaos and mortal...
51) Tea with milk
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After growing up near San Francisco, a young Japanese woman returns with her parents to their native Japan, but she feels foreign and out of place.
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz, LLC
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
"From Rumiko Takahashi, the beloved creator of InuYasha and Ranma 1/2, comes the romantic (sort of) comedy Maison Ikkoku presented in a new edition in its original episodic order! Kyoko's meddling parents plot to get their daughter to give up her independence and move back home. Yusaku meets his (sort of) girlfriend's overzealous folks and then ends up on a never-ending visit to his own parents' house"--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The lonely, rockbound island of Tsunojima is notorious as the site of a series of bloody unsolved murders. Some even say it's haunted. One thing's for sure: it's the perfect destination for the K- Universiity Mystery club's trip."--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Publisher
Yen On
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The winter of 1578, four years prior to the Honnnoji Incident. Araki Murashige has betrayed his ally Oda Nobunaga and holed himself up in Arioka Castle--but a string of strange incidents within the castle walls has him at his wits' end. The desperate warlord's only hope in solving these mysteries is imprisoned in the castle's dungeon: a man named Kuroda Kanbei, one of Oda's most gifted strategists. When all the conflict and intrigue reach their end,...
55) Ink
Author
Series
Paper gods volume 1
Publisher
Harlequin Teen
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
After a family tragedy, lonely Katie moves in with her aunt in Japan. When Katie meets aloof Tomohiro, she is intrigued by him. Tomo is somehow connected to the kami, powerful ancient beings who once ruled Japan, and as feelings develop between Katie and Tomo, things begin to spiral out of control.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Here he gives us the remarkable story of Tsukuru Tazaki, a young man haunted by a great loss; of dreams and nightmares that have unintended consequences for the world around us; and of a journey into the past that is necessary to mend the present. It is a story of love, friendship, and heartbreak for the ages. -
Series
Kageki shoujo!! volume 2
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Sarasa is taking a trip back home to Asakusa, and her stoic roommate/brand new BFF Ai-chan is coming with her! When the girls arrive, waiting for them is Akiya, Sarasa's childhood friend and a rising star in the world of kabuki theater. But Ai suspects that Sarasa and Akiya might be more than friends. Does ditzy Sarasa really have a boyfriend?!"--Back cover.
Series
Kageki shoujo!! volume 3
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The Kouka School of Musical and Theatrical Arts might not be your average school, but it still has a sports festival! Sarasa and the other girls are eager to take part, but what they're really excited about is performing in the half-time show! Will they succeed on and off the stage?"--Back cover.
59) The bamboo sword
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Japan in 1853, at the time of U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry's visit to Japan, Yoshi, a young Japanese boy who dreams of becoming a samurai one day, learns about America from Majiro and has adventures with Jack, a young cabin boy aboard one of the U.S. ships. Includes historical notes and glossary.
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