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Author
Series
Sasaki and Miyano first years volume 1
Publisher
Yen On
Pub. Date
2023-
Language
English
Description
Collection of short stories that reveal how Miyano and Hirano became friends, what the upperclassmen were like when they started high school, and a behind-the-scenes look at their circle of friends.
Author
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
An unhappy girl who engages in self-harm, a woman ostracized by society, and an old woman looking to live out her twilight years in peace--what could three such different people have in common? That's what grade schooler Koyanagi Nanoka is trying to find out. Assigned by her teacher to define what "happiness" means to her, Nanoka sets out to get to know these three strangers--and through them, perhaps, to know herself too.
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Told in two voices, fifteen-year-old Copper struggles to confront inevitable and enormous change after his father's death and his uncle writes to him in a journal, sharing knowledge and advice in 1937 Japan.
Author
Series
Yamo's village volume 3
Publisher
Museyon
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Since he left his small village in Afghanistan, Mirado has been traveling around the world. He is the most popular performer in the circus and has gotten used to living in strange places. But every day, he remembers the village of Paghman and his friend Yamo. And so he sets off on the long journey back to Paghman, the most beautiful village in the world.-- Publisher.
Author
Publisher
Gecko Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
This book is about friendship and the distinctions of living in different parts of the world. A giraffe that lives in Africa meets a pelican who is a mailman. Since the giraffe is bored, she sends a letter to the first animal the pelican can find on the other side of the horizon. The letter passes on to a seal who gives it to a penguin. He reads the letter and even though he does not understand it he writes back, and becomes the giraffe's pen pal....
Author
Publisher
Yonder, an imprint of Restless Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"One rainy night, Kazu sees a strange figure in a white kimono sneak out of his house--was he dreaming? Did he see a ghost? The next day at school, the very same person is sitting in his class--and all his friends are convinced that the ghost-girl Akari has been their friend for years. If that isn't weird enough, Kazu learns that his house is in the exact location of an ancient temple called Kimyō, which, legend has it, could bring the dead back...
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