CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 1997
"However, Liyana's romance with an Israeli boy develops warmly, and readers are left with hope for change and peace as Liyana makes the city her very own. (Fiction. 12+)"
Liyana Abboud, 14, and her family make a tremendous adjustment when they move to Jerusalem from St.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Aug. 10, 2004
"In Bollywood fashion, she turns turmoil into happy endings. (Fiction. 12-15)"
With an athletic build, Jasmine "Jazz" Gardner barely resembles her petite, delicate Indian mother.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: May 1, 2006
"The graphic opening chapter makes this for older readers, who will find it an unusual take on the American (and Japanese) pastime. (author's notes, bibliography) (Fiction. 14+)"
Commodore Perry sailed into Yokohama harbor in 1853, and only a few years later, in 1870, baseball was introduced into Japan, along with many other Western influences.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Feb. 1, 2009
"While a rather mediocre horror offering that tends to rely too heavily on plot to drive its action forward, it does incorporate many elements of contemporary Japanese culture and thus may appeal to those with an interest in it, especially manga fans. (Horror. YA)"
Newly transplanted to Japan, 16-year-old blond-haired, blue-eyed Kara Foster is a gaijin, or outsider.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: May 1, 2010
"Fans, future bankers and future gametechs will be in heaven; those without interest will skim or give up by the halfway mark. (Science fiction. YA)"
In a future so close it will be easily mistaken for today, teens all over the world play massively multiplayer online role-playing games, but not all are in the game for fun.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Feb. 22, 2011
"Nevertheless, this first young adult outing is a fast-paced page-turner that explores the rippling effects of suicide. (Fiction. 12 & up)"
After a friend hangs herself, biracial 14-year-old Kana Golberg is shipped out to her family in Japan to work in the sweltering heat tending to their mikan orange groves.
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