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Series
John Rain novels volume 5
Language
English
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When John Rain, the Japanese/American "contract killer with a conscience" (Entertainment Weekly), learns that his former lover, Midori, has been raising their child in New York, he senses a chance for reconciliation, perhaps even for redemption. But Midori is being watched by Rain's enemies, and his sudden appearance puts mother and child in terrible danger. To save them, Rain is forced to use the same deadly talents he had been hoping to
...5) Kira-kira
Author
Language
English
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Description
Chronicles the close friendship between two Japanese-American sisters growing up in rural Georgia during the late 1950s and early 1960s, and the despair when one sister becomes terminally ill.
6) Hard rain
Author
Series
John Rain novels volume 2
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Author
Series
Rei Shimura mysteries volume 8
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
8) 1001 cranes
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
With her parents on the verge of separating, a devastated twelve-year-old Japanese American girl spends the summer in Los Angeles with her grandparents, where she folds paper cranes into wedding displays, becomes involved with a young skateboarder, and learns how complicated relationships can be.
Author
Series
Yoko books (Rosemary Wells) volume 6
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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Description
When Yoko gets lost in the airport, she uses her sign-reading skills to find her way back to her mama.
Author
Series
Yoko books (Rosemary Wells) volume 2
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
When Yoko moves from Japan to California, she decides to make and send origami swans to her grandmother for her birthday.
12) Tokyo dreaming
Author
Series
Tokyo ever after volume 2
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
When the Imperial Household Council refuses to approve the marriage of her parents, eighteen-year-old Izumi decides to become the perfect princess to help win the council's consent, but will she sacrifice her own heart in order to secure her parents' happiness?
14) Killing rain
Author
Series
John Rain novels volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hired by the Mossad to perform a series of strategic assassinations in Asia, John Rain, accompanied by ex-marine sniper Dox, inadvertently botches the assignment and finds himself seeking assistance from alluring Israeli agent Delilah.
Author
Series
Akiko novels volume 6
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Akiko's spaceship race from one side of the galaxy to the other is complicated when Spuckler discovers that an old rival of his is also competing.
17) Heroes
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books
Pub. Date
c1995
Language
English
Description
Japanese American Donnie, whose playmates insist he be the "bad guy" in their war games, calls on his reluctant father and uncle to help him get away from that role.
Author
Series
Society of Explorers and Adventurers volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
To free himself from an ancient curse, thirteen-year-old Shinji Takahashi must team up with a secret organization of explorers, find a magical font hidden in the jungles of Mexico, and replace a stolen idol.
Author
Series
Akiko novels volume 2
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Akiko and her newly made friends survive a skugbits storm, crash in the Moonguzzit Sea, and are captured by the army of Queen Pwip as they continue their mission to rescue the son of the king of the planet Smoo.
20) Color of the sea
Author
Language
English
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Description
Growing up in a time between wars, Sam Hamada finds that the culture of his native Japan is never far from his heart. Sam is rapidly learning the code of the samurai in the late 1930s on the lush Hawaiian Islands, where he is slowly coming into his own as a son and a man.
But, after Sam strikes out for California, where he meets Keiko, the beautiful young woman destined to be the love of his life, he faces crushing disappointment, Keiko's parents...
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