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"...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."
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage centers on a devastating emotional betrayal and its consequences. Tsukuru Tazaki belongs to a tight-knit...
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"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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Series
Dragonbreath volume 2
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
When Suki the salamander--the new foreign exchange student--is being stalked by ninja frogs, Danny, Wendell the iguana, and Suki travel to Great-grandfather Dragonbreath's home in mythical Japan to find a solution for the problem.
5) Real world
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
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"In a crowded Tokyo suburb, four teenage girls indifferently wade their way through a hot, smoggy summer. When one of them, Toshi, discovers that her nextdoor neighbor has been brutally murdered, the girls suspect the killer is the neighbor's son. But when he flees, taking Toshi's bike and cell phone with him, the four girls get caught up in a tempest of dangers that rise from within them as well as from the world around them."--Publisher's description....
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Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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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.
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English
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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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Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"In 1970s Osaka, college student Tetsuyuki moves into a shabby apartment to evade his late father's creditors. But the apartment's electricity hasn't been reconnected yet, and Tetsuyuki spends his first night in darkness. Wanting to hang up a tennis cap from his girlfriend, Yōko, he fumbles about in the dark and drives a nail into a pillar. The next day he discovers that he has pierced the body of a lizard, which is still alive. He decides to keep...
12) Idoru
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Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
Twenty-first century Tokyo. Rez, one of the world's biggest rock stars, is about to marry Rei Toei, Japan's biggest media star. The only problem is, Rei Toei--the "Idoru"--exists only in virtual reality.
13) Go
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Publisher
Amazon Crossing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A Korean student living in Japan struggles with his ancestry especially with Sakurai, a Japanese girl he has fallen in love with.
14) The pine islands
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Publisher
Coach House Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"Gilbert Silvester, eminent scholar of beard fashions in film, wakes up one day from a dream that his wife has cheated on him. Certain the dream is a message, and unable to even look at her, he flees - immediately, irrationally, inexplicably - for Japan. In Tokyo he discovers the travel writings of the great Japanese poet Bashō and decides to find solace in nature the way Bashō did, despite knowing nothing of the culture he's stepped into. Suddenly,...
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"The Night Parade is about to begin . . . The ground thunders in Tokyo. A gust of wind blows. The pitter patter of paws and claws draws closer. The air is thick with swirling, swooping demons. It's Eka's favorite evening of the year, the one night she refuses to miss. But it's become harder to travel to Japan now that she's living across the world in New York. Unsure of when she can return next to see her yokai friends, Eka tries to forget that this...
16) The lost ryū
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Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Running out of time to make his grandfather smile once again before it's too late, Kohei searches for a ryū--a dragon of legend--in this multigenerational story about the lengths to which people will go to protect those they love.
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Series
Dengeki Daisy volume 2
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Teru moves into Kurosaki's apartment after her home is burglarized, causing tensions to rise. When another woman appears, things be come even more complicated.
Author
Series
Dengeki Daisy volume 3
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
When Teru decides to move out of Kurosaki's apartment, she wonders if he is relieved. After she moves into her own place, the appearance of a former business acquaintance of her brother's spells trouble.
20) Himawari House
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Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"When Nao returns to Tokyo to reconnect with her Japanese heritage, she books a yearlong stay at the Himawari sharehouse. There she meets Hyejung and Tina, two other girls who came to Japan to freely forge their own paths. The trio live together, share meals, and even attend the same Japanese-language school, which results in them becoming fast friends. But will they be able to hold one another up as life tests them with new loves, old heart breaks,...
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