Kuhn, Sarah
Summary: Kimi Nakamura loves nothing more than transforming the outfits of her friends into expressions of their "Ultimate Selves" but her mother thinks it is a waste of time. After a huge fight, Kimi makes the decision to accept her grandparents' invitation to Kyoto where she is surrounded by her heritage, which is simultaneously foreign and familiar, and the environment helps her understand her mother...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fiction Kuhn 2019Lemmie, Asha
Summary: "From debut author Asha Lemmie, a sweeping, heartrending coming-of-age novel about a young woman's quest for acceptance-and the unexpected ally that will change everything-in post-World War II Japan. Kyoto, Japan, 1948. "If a woman knows nothing else, she should know how to be silent. . . . Do not question. Do not fight. Do not resist." Such is eight-year-old Noriko "Nori" Kamiza's first...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC LEMCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LEMCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Lemmie 2020Stilton, Thea
Summary: 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?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2011
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED STIAvery, Ellis
Summary: Relocated from 1866 New York to Japan by an abusive missionary guardian, young Aurelia Bernard befriends the daughter of Kyoto's most influential tea master, who instructs her about the fading tradition of the tea ceremony.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 0000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC AVEBarbery, Muriel
Summary: Rose has turned 40, but has barely begun to live. When the Japanese father she never knew dies and she finds herself an orphan, she leaves France for Kyoto to hear the reading of his will. In the days before Haru's last wishes are revealed, his former assistant, Paul, takes Rose on a tour of the temples, gardens and eating places of this unfamiliar city. Initially a reluctant tourist and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Europa Editions 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC BARGriner, Susan
Summary: When the Great Kanto Earthquake strikes Tokyo on September 1, 1923, twelve-year-old Fumiko must navigate the ensuing chaos and confusion in her fight for survival. Includes information about the Great Kanto Earthquake, a glossary, discussion questions, and writing prompts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED GRISummary: In 1929, an impoverished fishing village father sells his nine-year-old daughter, Chiyo, to a geisha house in Kyoto's Gion district and she becomes subjected to cruel treatment from the owners and the head geisha Hatsumomo. As she grows older, her stunning beauty attracts the vindictive jealousy of Hatsumomo. She is rescued by and taken under the wing of Hatsumomo's bitter rival, Mameha. Under...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVDSummary: In 1929, an impoverished nine-year-old named Chiyo is sold to a geisha house in Kyoto's Gion district and subjected to cruel treatment from the owners and the head geisha Hatsumomo. Her stunning beauty attracts the vindictive jealousy in Hatsumomo and she is rescued by Hatsumomo's bitter rival, Mameha. Under Mameha's mentorship, Chiyo becomes the geisha named Sayuri, trained in all the artistic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2006