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F ALLEN

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F ALLEN

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c2015.	First Atria Books hardcover edition.	Atria Books	321 pages ; 24 cm	English	Available Central - Adult Fiction has 7 F ALLEN Westover - Adult Fiction F ALLEN Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

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[2015]	Unabridged.	Simon & Schuster Audio	8 audio discs (approximately 9 hours) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.	English	In Transit 2 copies, 1 person is on the wait list. Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

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LT F ALLEN

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©2015.	Thorndike Press	461 pages (large print) ; 23	English	Available Central - Adult Large Type LT F ALLEN Cherrydale - Adult Large Type LT F ALLEN	More Info Place Hold

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"A...love story and multigenerational epic that sweeps from San Francisco in the present-day to Poland and the United States during the Second World War."--

2) Yoko

Author

Wells, Rosemary

Series

Yoko books (Rosemary Wells) volume 1
Montaña encantada

Book

English
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5 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.

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JP WELLS

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JP WELLS

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JP WELLS

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[1998]	Hyperion Books for Children	30 unnumbered pages : color ; 24 cm	English	Available 5 copies, 1 person is on the wait list. Aurora Hills - Kids Picture Books has 2 JP WELLS Central - Kids Picture Books JP WELLS Glencarlyn - Kids Picture Books JP WELLS	More Info Place Hold

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J/SPA JP WELLS

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[2003]	Everest	34 pages : color ; 21 cm.	Español	Available Central - Kids Spanish - Fiction J/SPA JP WELLS	More Info Place Hold

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3) Hotel on the corner of bitter and sweet: A Novel

La mamá de Yoko le ha preparado un delicioso sushi para el almuerzo. Los compañeros de clase se burlan de su comida. Yoko's mother has prepared a delicious sushi for Yoko's school lunch. Her classmates make fun of her food.

Author

Ford, Jamie

Language

English

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Large Type

13 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.

Aurora Hills - Adult Fiction has 2

F FORD

Central - Adult Fiction has 6

F FORD

Glencarlyn - Adult Fiction

F FORD

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
2009	1st ed.	Ballantine Books	290 p. ; 24 cm.	English	Available 13 copies, 2 people are on the wait list. Aurora Hills - Adult Fiction has 2 F FORD Central - Adult Fiction has 6 F FORD Glencarlyn - Adult Fiction F FORD Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

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2009	OverDrive	Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group	English	Checked Out Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold OverDrive

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LT F FORD

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[2009]	Thorndike Press	507 pages (large print) ; 23	English	Available Central - Adult Large Type LT F FORD	More Info Place Hold

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4) When the emperor was divine: a novel

BONUS: This edition contains a Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet discussion guide and an excerpt from Jamie Ford's Songs of Willow Frost.
"Sentimental, heartfelt....the exploration of Henry's changing relationship with his family and with Keiko will keep most readers turning pages...A timely debut that not only reminds readers of a shameful episode in American history, but cautions us to examine the present and take heed we...

Author

Otsuka, Julie

Language

English

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Arlington Reads Authors 2014-2018

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Aurora Hills - Adult Fiction

F OTSUK

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F OTSUK

Cherrydale - Adult Fiction

F OTSUK

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2002.	Knopf	141 pages ; 19 cm	English	Available 6 copies, 1 person is on the wait list. Aurora Hills - Adult Fiction F OTSUK Central - Adult Fiction F OTSUK Cherrydale - Adult Fiction F OTSUK Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

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CD F OTSUK

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[2012]	Unabridged.	Random House Audio :	3 audio discs (3 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.	English	Available Central - Adult Audiobooks has 2 CD F OTSUK	More Info Place Hold

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2003	OverDrive	Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group	English	Available Online Online OverDrive Collection has 2	More Info Check Out OverDrive

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2007	OverDrive	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group	English	Available Online Online OverDrive Collection has 3	More Info Check Out OverDrive

Central - Adult Large Type

LT F OTSUK

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[2003]	Random House Large Print	257 pages (large print) ; 19 cm	English	Available Central - Adult Large Type LT F OTSUK	More Info Place Hold

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Caldecott Medal Winners
Immigration Stories
Japanese americans for kids

The debut novel from the PEN/Faulkner Award Winning Author of The Buddha in the Attic

On a sunny day in Berkeley, California, in 1942, a woman sees a sign in a post office window, returns to her home, and matter-of-factly begins to pack her family's possessions. Like thousands of other Japanese Americans they have been reclassified, virtually overnight, as enemy aliens and are about to be uprooted from their home and sent to

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5) Grandfather's journey

Author

Say, Allen

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Pub. Date

2013.

Language

English

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JP SAY

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JP SAY

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JP SAY

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2013.	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt	30 pages : color ; 30 cm	English	Available Central - Kids Picture Books has 2 JP SAY Glencarlyn - Kids Picture Books JP SAY Shirlington - Kids Picture Books JP SAY	More Info Place Hold

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A Japanese American man recounts his grandfather's journey to America which he later also undertakes, and the feelings of being torn by a love for two different countries.

6) A gesture life: A Novel

Author

Lee, Chang-rae

Language

English

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Central - Adult Fiction

F LEE

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
1999.	Riverhead Books	356 pages ; 23 cm	English	Available Central - Adult Fiction F LEE	More Info Place Hold

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2018	OverDrive	Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group	English	Available Online Online OverDrive Collection	More Info Check Out OverDrive

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LT F LEE

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[2002]	Wheeler Pub	480 pages (large print) ; 25 cm	English	Available Shirlington - Adult Large Type LT F LEE	More Info Place Hold

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The secret life of a Japanese-American pharmacist in a small town in New York. On the surface a model of propriety and serenity, he is torn by memories of his service in the Japanese army in World War II and the comfort woman he loved and could not save. By the author of Native Speaker.

7) Isako Isako

Author

Malhotra, Mia Ayumi

Publisher

Alice James Books

Pub. Date

[2018]

Language

English

Shirlington - Adult Nonfiction

811 MALHO

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[2018]	Alice James Books	102 pages ; 23 cm	English	Available Shirlington - Adult Nonfiction 811 MALHO	More Info Place Hold

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Isako Isako follows a single family lineage spanning four generations of female Japanese Americans to explore the chilling historical legacies of cultural trauma-internment, mass displacement and rampant racism-in the United States, and how it weaves together with current events.

8) Snow falling on cedars

Author

Guterson, David

Language

English

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook

2 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.

Central - Adult Fiction

F GUTER

Westover - Adult Fiction

F GUTER

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1995.	First Vintage contemporaries edition.	Vintage Books	xiii, 460 pages : maps ; 21 cm.	English	Available 2 copies, 1 person is on the wait list. Central - Adult Fiction F GUTER Westover - Adult Fiction F GUTER	More Info Place Hold

RBdigital

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[2011]	RBdigital	Unabridged.	Recorded Books	1 sound file (15 hr., 45 min.) : digital.	English	Available Online RBdigital	More Info Access Online

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9) Face of the enemy: a New York in wartime mystery

A "finely wrought, flawlessly written" novel (New York Times Book Review), set on a small island in the Puget Sound, that is "at various moments a courtroom drama, an interracial love story, and a war chronicle" (San Francisco Chronicle). "Guterson has fashioned something haunting and true" (Pico Iyer, Time). Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award. A fall 1999 major motion picture.

Author

Dobson, Joanne

Series

New York in wartime mystery

Publisher

Poisoned Pen Press

Pub. Date

[2012]

Language

English

1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.

Central - Adult Detective

D DOBSO

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[2012]	Poisoned Pen Press	380 pages ; 22 cm	English	Available 1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list. Central - Adult Detective D DOBSO	More Info Place Hold

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"In December 1941, patriotism and paranoia grip New York as the city mobilizes for war. Nurse Louise Hunter is outraged when the FBI arrests Masako Fumi, an avant-garde artist and newcomer to the city. Then Masako's art dealer is found dead in the gallery where he'd been closing down her show and Masako's troubles multiply. Louise hires a radical lawyer and enlists the help of her journalist roommate. Louise and homicide detective Michael McKenna...

10) Sayonara slam

Author

Hirahara, Naomi

Series

Mas Arai mystery

Publisher

Prospect Park Books

Pub. Date

[2016]

Language

English

Central - Adult Detective

D HIRAH

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[2016]	Prospect Park Books	230 pages ; 21 cm	English	Available Central - Adult Detective D HIRAH	More Info Place Hold

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""Hirahara has a keen eye for the telling detail and an assured sense of character."--Los Angeles Times At Dodger Stadium it's Japan vs. Korea in the World Baseball Classic, but before the first pitch is thrown, Mas Arai finds himself in the middle of a murder. Mysteries layer atop mysteries in this sixth in the award-winning series featuring the most unlikely of sleuths, an aging, widowed, not-exactly-communicative gardener from Altadena, California....

11) El amante japonés

Author

Allende, Isabel

Language

Español

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook

Central - World Languages

SPA F ALLEN

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[2015]	Primera edición Vintage Espa̋nol.	Vintage Espa̋nol	345 pages ; 25 cm	Español	Available Central - World Languages SPA F ALLEN	More Info Place Hold

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2016	OverDrive	Penguin Random House Audio	Español	Available Online Online OverDrive Collection	More Info Check Out OverDrive

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2015	OverDrive	Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial España	Español	Available Online Online OverDrive Collection	More Info Check Out OverDrive

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"A los veintidós años, sospechando que tenían el tiempo contado, Ichimei y Alma se atragantaron de amor para consumirlo entero, pero mientras más intentaban agotarlo, más imprudente era el deseo, y quien diga que todo fuego se apaga solo tarde o temprano, se equivoca: hap pasiones que son incendios hasta que las ahoga el destino de un zarpazo y aun así quedan brasas calientes listas para arder apenas se les da oxígeno."--P. [4] of cover.

12) Strawberry yellow

Author

Hirahara, Naomi

Series

Mas Arai mystery

Publisher

Prospect Park Books

Pub. Date

Language

English

Aurora Hills - Adult Detective

D HIRAH

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
©2013.	Prospect Park Books	237 pages ; 21 cm	English	Available Aurora Hills - Adult Detective D HIRAH	More Info Place Hold

13) Miss Dimple suspects: [a mystery]

Author

Ballard, Mignon Franklin

Series

Miss Dimple Kilpatrick mysteries volume 3

Publisher

St. Martin's Minotaur

Pub. Date

Language

English

Aurora Hills - Adult Detective

D BALLA

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
©2013.	First edition.	St. Martin's Minotaur	260 pages ; 22 cm	English	Available Aurora Hills - Adult Detective D BALLA	More Info Place Hold

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"With the country in the midst of World War II, you can be sure the small town of Elderberry, Georgia, will pull together to find a missing child. And you can be equally certain that first-grade teacher, Miss Dimple Kilpatrick, will be in the search party--especially since Peggy Ashcroft is one of her students. Miss Dimple carves out a search path all her own and once again, the sharp-as-a-tack teacher is right on point. But she finds Peggy too sick...

14) Eagle & crane

Author

Rindell, Suzanne

Publisher

G.P. Putnam's Sons

Pub. Date

[2018]

Language

English

Central - Adult Fiction has 2

F RINDE

Shirlington - Adult Fiction

F RINDE

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[2018]	G.P. Putnam's Sons	434 pages ; 24 cm	English	Available Central - Adult Fiction has 2 F RINDE Shirlington - Adult Fiction F RINDE	More Info Place Hold

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New Voices in Detective Fiction

"Louis Thorn and Haruto "Harry" Yamada--Eagle and Crane--are the star attractions of Earl Shaw's Flying Circus, a daredevil (and not exactly legal) flying act that traverses Depression-era California. The young men have a complicated relationship, thanks to the Thorn family's belief that the Yamadas--Japanese immigrants--stole land that should have stayed in the Thorn family. When Louis and Harry become aerial stuntmen, performing death-defying tricks...

15) The Kizuna coast

Author

Massey, Sujata

Series

Rei Shimura mysteries volume 11

Publisher

the Ikat Press

Pub. Date

[2014]

Language

English

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D MASSE

Westover - Adult Detective

D MASSE

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[2014]	the Ikat Press	xviii, 372 pages ; 23 cm	English	Available Central - Adult Detective D MASSE Westover - Adult Detective D MASSE	More Info Place Hold

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Rei Shimura and her husband Michael rush to Japan in the wake of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami -- she, to find her mentor Yasushi Ishida and his missing apprentice Mayumi, he, to battle the nuclear disaster in Fukushima.

16) Letters to memory

Author

Yamashita, Karen Tei

Publisher

Coffee House Press

Pub. Date

2017.

Language

English

Central - Adult Fiction

F YAMAS

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
2017.	Coffee House Press	x, 176 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm	English	Available Central - Adult Fiction F YAMAS	More Info Place Hold

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"Praise for Karen Tei Yamashita: "It's a stylistically wild ride, but it's smart, funny and entrancing." -NPR "Fluid and poetic as well as terrifying." -New York Times Book Review With delightful plays of voice and structure, this is literary fiction at an adventurous, experimental high point." -Kirkus "Magnificent. Intriguing." -Library Journal "This powerful, deeply felt, and impeccably researched fiction is irresistibly evocative." -Publishers...

17) Zen attitude

Author

Massey, Sujata

Series

Rei Shimura mysteries volume 2

Publisher

HarperPaperbacks

Pub. Date

2005.

Language

English

Shirlington - Adult Detective

D MASSE

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
2005.	HarperPaperbacks	viii, 312 pages ; 21 cm	English	Available Shirlington - Adult Detective D MASSE	More Info Place Hold

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Atomic Bombing of Japan
New Voices in Detective Fiction

"Life in modern Tokyo is a blast for Rei Shimura, a young Japanese-American woman who enjoys busy days as an antiques dealer and steamy nights with a devoted new boyfriend. But things come to a standstill when Rei overpays ofr a rare old chest of drawers for a wealthy client, the owner of a famous Zen temple in Kamakura. The exquisite tansu turns out to be a fake: the worst deal Rei has ever made. When the temple family turns on Rei--and the con man...

18) Summer of the big bachi

Author

Hirahara, Naomi

Publisher

Bantam Dell

Pub. Date

2004.

Language

English

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Central - Adult Fiction

F HIRAH

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
2004.	Bantam Dell	viii, 287 pages ; 21 cm	English	Available Central - Adult Fiction F HIRAH	More Info Place Hold

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Set in modern L.A., this novel of moral and spiritual reckoning finds a Japanese American who survived the horrors of Hiroshima forced to relive the nightmare when a stranger shows up looking for him.

19) Tallgrass: A Novel

Author

Dallas, Sandra

Language

English

Formats

Cherrydale - Adult Detective

D DALLA

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
2007.	St. Martin's Press	305 pages ; 22 cm	English	Available Cherrydale - Adult Detective D DALLA	More Info Place Hold

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Central - Adult Large Type

LT D DALLA

Pub. Date	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
[2007]	Wheeler Pub	453 pages (large print) ; 23	English	Available Central - Adult Large Type LT D DALLA	More Info Place Hold

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During World War II, the Stroud family finds life turned upside down when the government opens a Japanese internment camp in their small Colorado town. After a young girl is murdered, all eyes (and suspicions) turn to the camp, and the town is divided by fear. Rennie Stroud has just turned thirteen and, until this time, life has pretty much been what her father told her it should be: predictable and fair. But now the winds of change are coming and,...

20) House of the red fish

Author

Salisbury, Graham

Series

Prisoners of the empire volume 3

Publisher

Ember

Pub. Date

2014.

Language

English

Central - Teen Fiction has 2

YF SALIS

Pub. Date	Edition	Publisher	Phys Desc.	Language	Availability
2014.	First Ember edition.	Ember	291 pages ; 21 cm	English	Available Central - Teen Fiction has 2 YF SALIS	More Info Place Hold

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