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Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 49
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Wild Willie showed up at my door and invited me to travel with him to Japan, I jumped at the chance. We were in search of an ancient, legendary samurai scroll that holds the secret to a long-lost fighting technique. The scroll had fallen into the wrong hands, and it was up to me and Wild Willie to track it down and save the day. But first, we would have to fight a group of talented ninjas. Holey cheese -- this would be one adventure I would never...
5) Ink
Author
Series
Paper gods volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Ink is in their blood. On the heels of a family tragedy, Katie Greene must move halfway across the world. Stuck with her aunt in Shizuoka, Japan, Katie feels lost. Alone. She doesn't know the language, she can barely hold a pair of chopsticks and she can't seem to get the hang of taking her shoes off whenever she enters a building. When Katie meets aloof but gorgeous Tomohiro, the star of the school's kendo team, she is intrigued by him ... and a...
Author
Series
Tokyo ever after volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
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?
8) Erika-san
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After falling in love with Japan as a little girl, Erika becomes a teacher and fulfills her childhood dream by moving to a remote Japanese island.
10) The cherry tree
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
1992
Language
English
Description
After a war destroys their Japanese village and kills their father, Taichi and Yumiko find hope by nursing a cherry tree through a harsh winter and seeing it blossom into new life.
11) Crow Boy
Author
Publisher
Viking Press
Pub. Date
1955
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Author
Series
I survived volume 8
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
A massive earthquake and devastating tsunami hit Japan while Ben is visiting his late father's hometown, pulling Ben's family apart and leaving him stranded in a strange country during an epic disaster.
15) Tokyo ever after
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
The New York Times bestseller and Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine YA Book Club Pick! Emiko Jean's Tokyo Ever After is the refreshing, spot-on (Booklist, starred review) story of an ordinary Japanese-American girl who discovers that her father is the Crown Prince of Japan. Izumi Tanaka has never really felt like she fit in--it isn't easy being Japanese American in her small, mostly white, northern California town. Raised by a single mother, it's...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Japan 1945. Taro is a talented violinist and a kamikaze pilot in the days before his first and only mission. He believes he is ready to die for his country . . . until he meets Hana. Hana hasn't been the same since the day she was buried alive in a collapsed trench during a bomb raid. She wonders if it would have been better to have died that day . . . until she meets Taro. A song will bring them together. The war will tear them apart. Is it possible...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Language
English
Formats
Description
Each generation, a competition is held to find the next empress of Honoku. The rules are simple: survive the palace's enchanted seasonal rooms. Conquer Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall. Marry the prince. Only the yōkai, supernatural monsters and spirits, are not eligible to compete. Mari has spent a lifetime training to become empress-- but she is a yōkai with the ability to transform into a terrifying monster. Her fate collides with that of Taro,...
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