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1) In a flash
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Caught in Japan and separated from their father when World War II begins, Italian sisters Simona, thirteen, and Carolina, ten, embark on a trying journey hoping to reach safety. Includes historical notes.
Author
Series
The 39 clues. Main series volume 3
Language
English
Description
When the race to find the 39 Clues leads fourteen year old Amy Cahill and her younger brother to Japan, their only chance to find the third Clue seems to lie with their unreliable uncle, Alistair Oh. Will they be foolish enough to make an alliance?
Author
Series
I survived volume 8
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Language
English
Description
A massive earthquake and devastating tsunami hit Japan while Ben is visiting his late father's hometown, pulling Ben's family apart and leaving him stranded in a strange country during an epic disaster.
Author
Series
Dodsworth volume 5
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Dodsworth's duck companion is surprisingly well-behaved during a visit to Tokyo, although he does fall into the koi pond at the Imperial Palace and becomes the center of attention at a Sanja Festival.
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
As five-year-old Keiko and her eighty-five year old Obi, or grandmother, excitedly prepare to celebrate the Star Festival, Tanabata Matsuri, Obi tells the story of Tanabata. Includes information about the festival and how it is celebrated.
Author
Series
Yoko books (Rosemary Wells) volume 2
Publisher
Hyperion Books For Children
Pub. Date
[2001]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
26 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
When Yoko moves from Japan to California, she decides to make and send origami swans to her grandmother for her birthday.
Author
Series
Molly Moon volume 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Molly confronts the powers of a magical coin that plays hypnotic music capable of turning listeners into monster slaves.
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Thea Stilton volume 6
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
157 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Thea sisters are off to Japan on a cultural exchange program. While they're busy exploring Kyoto and admiring the beautiful cherry blossoms, a valuable item is stolen from their friend Kumi's family. Will the five mice be able to catch the thief?
14) Model misfit
Author
Series
Geek girl (Holly Smale) volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Feeling impossibly awkward and unpopular in spite of her international fame, Harriet decides a summer modeling job in Japan will make the perfect vacation, until her gorgeous model ex-boyfriend Nick shows up.
Author
Publisher
Tundra, an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"This sweet and gentle picture book celebrates summer in Japan, as one little girl shares her love for insects with her cousin who is visiting from America."--
Author
Series
Dragonbreath volume 2
Language
English
Formats
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
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
An eleven-year-old Japanese-American girl joins her performing arts school's J-Pop club, where the members form an imitation band of their favorite girl group, coming together from different corners of the school to help and support one another along the way.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
38 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Kogi paints the shore of Lake Biwa, but is unable to capture the vigor and beauty that inspire him. One day, Kogi wades into the water to release a fish, and unable to resist follows in its wake, eventually becoming a fish himself, and learning what it is to be a fish in the lake.
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
©2012.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
336 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Celebrity teenaged chef Neil Flambé heads to Japan to solve his next mystery when news arrives that his cousin Larry, a manga comic book writer visiting Tokyo, has died in a boating accident.
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