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I survived volume 8
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Language
English
Description
While visiting his dad's hometown in Japan four months after his father's death, Ben and his family are swept away-and pulled apart-by a terrible tsunami.
Eleven-year-old Japanese-American Owen has been in Japan for his sixth-grade year. By March, he finally feels like he's getting the hang of the new culture. But early one morning, everything changes and Owen suddenly finds himself just trying to survive one of history's most devastating disasters....
Author
Series
Flame in the mist volume 1
Language
English
Description
The daughter of a prominent samurai, Mariko has long known her place. She may be an accomplished alchemist, whose cunning rivals that of her twin brother Kenshin, but because she is not a boy, her future has always been out of her hands.
Author
Series
Flat Stanley's worldwide adventures volume 3
Publisher
HarperCollins
Language
English
Description
Flat Stanley mails himself to Japan to visit his hero, martial arts movie star Oda Nobu, and becomes his personal ninja.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
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Description
In 1841, rescued by an American whaler after a terrible shipwreck leaves him and his four companions castaways on a remote island, fourteen-year-old Manjiro, who dreams of becoming a samurai, learns new laws and customs as he becomes the first Japanese person to set foot in the United States.
Author
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.
Author
Series
Yoko books (Rosemary Wells) volume 4
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
When Yoko's grandparents send her a beautful antique doll all the way from Japan, Yoko the cat couldn't be happier. She places Miki on a windowsill and brings her candy every day. On Girls' Festival Day, Yoko wants to show Miki to her class and tell them all about the Japanese holiday. In her Big No voice Mama says, "We don't trouble trouble or trouble will trouble us." But Yoko is so excited about Girls' Day that she can't resist taking Miki to school....
Author
Publisher
Bala Kids, an imprint of Shambhala Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Young Sonoko travels on a train to take a precious melon to her Obachama (grandmother), but when she forgets the melon on the train she and Obachama look for it and spend the day cooking, making tea, and sharing stories.
12) Cherry blossom
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
Pinkalicious participates in a traditional Japanese cherry blossom festival and, thanks to the help of a new friend, learns how to fly a kite.
Author
Publisher
Barefoot Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A little girl is determined to make perfect nigiri sushi for her grandmother, but her efforts only lead to frustration, until a surprising discovery helps her understand that cooking with love is more important than cooking perfect food.
Author
Series
Agatha Mistery volume 24
Publisher
La Galera
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Español
Description
¡Larry está emocionadísimo! Esta vez el Eye International les ha encargado una misión muy especial: él y a Agatha viajarán a Japón para proteger a Goro Saitama, uno de los autores de manga más famosos y, curiosamente, su autor favorito. Alguien está tramando robar el último capítulo de su serie más famosa... ¿Conseguirán los jóvenes detectives, con su gran astucia, desenmascarar al auténtico ladrón?
Author
Series
Keeper of Night volume 2
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Ren Scarborough is no longer the girl who was chased out of England—she is the Goddess of Death ruling Japan’s underworld. But her problems have never been greater. Her Shinigami see her as a foreigner on the throne. Her brother, Neven, is gone, lost in the deep darkness. And her fiancé, Hiro, has been killed by her own hand. Then Ren receives the most troubling news yet—Reapers have been spotted in Japan, and it’s only a matter of time...
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