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Derby daredevils volume 3
Language
English
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When they get lost in a strange city during roller derby camp, the Daredevils lose their confidence and their ability to work as a team, but shy Tomoko's wilderness skills and navigational know-how help them escape the urban jungle.
Author
Series
Tokyo ever after volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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After learning that her father is the Crown Prince of Japan, Izumi travels to Tokyo, where she discovers that Japanese imperial life--complete with designer clothes, court intrigue, paparazzi scandals, and a forbidden romance with her handsome but stoic bodyguard--is a tough fit for the outspoken and irreverant eighteen-year-old from northern California.
Author
Series
Yoko books (Rosemary Wells) volume 6
Publisher
Disney Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
When Yoko gets lost in the airport, she uses her sign-reading skills to find her way back to her mama.
Author
Series
Prisoners of the empire volume 2
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Following orders from the United States Army, several young Japanese American men train K-9 units to hunt Asians during World War II.
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Series
Language
English
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"Gigi can't wait for her Ojiji--Japanese grandpa--to move in. Gigi plans lots of things to do with him, like playing tag, reading books, and teaching Roscoe, the family dog, new tricks. But her plans don't work out quite the way she'd hoped. And her grandpa doesn't seem to like Roscoe. Will Gigi find a way to connect with her Ojiji?"--
Author
Series
Kudo kids volume 1
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Accompanying their journalist parents to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, twelve-year-old Andy Kudo and his eleven-year-old sister Mika find themselves immersed in an augmented reality game developed by a former Olympic medalist, that brings players together from all over the world to search Tokyo for virtual medals and clues to the secretive creator's identity.
Author
Series
Yoko books (Rosemary Wells) volume 3
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Kindergartner Yoko not only learns to write her letters and numbers in English, she shows her teacher and fellow students how to write their names using Japanese calligraphy.
Author
Series
Jasmine Toguchi volume 2
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Jasmine has looked forward to spending Girls Day with her family and best friend, Linnie, but first her sister says she will not participate, and then Jasmine upsets Linnie.
Author
Series
Jasmine Toguchi volume 1
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Asian and Pasifika Voices: Books for Elementary
Asian-American Pacific Islander History Month
First Chapter Books
Asian-American Pacific Islander History Month
First Chapter Books
Description
Eager to do something her big sister has not done first, Jasmine Toguchi, eight, decides to pound mochi with the men and boys when her family gets together for New Year's.
14) The mochi makers
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
A girl and her grandmother spend the day making mochi together in this gentle and joyous celebration of family, tradition, and the memories that matter most. Includes information on mochi and a recipe.
Author
Series
Jasmine Toguchi volume 4
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Jasmine makes a wish for a pet flamingo on the special daruma doll her grandmother sent from Japan, then sets out to prove herself responsibile enough for a pet.
Author
Series
Jasmine Toguchi volume 8
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
On her last stop in Japan, eight-year-old Jasmine cherishes the time spent with her family, and plants a garden to ensure a lasting connection with her Obaachan even after returning home.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
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Description
Just when twelve-year-old Summer thinks nothing else can possibly go wrong in a year of bad luck, an emergency takes her parents to Japan, leaving Summer to care for her little brother while helping her grandmother cook and do laundry for harvest workers.
Author
Series
Kazu Jones volume 1
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Kazuko, already well-known for "helping" the police, investigates a rash of dognappings, aided by her Japanese mastiff, Genki, and friends.--
Author
Series
Kudo kids volume 2
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
When the Kudo siblings visit New York City, their sightseeing plans are interrupted when a very special dress, the centerpiece of their aunt's fashion collection, goes missing, and Alex and Mika embark on a chase around the city to find it.
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