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After growing up near San Francisco, a young Japanese woman returns with her parents to their native Japan, but she feels foreign and out of place. Historia de una chica japonesa educada en Estados Unidos, quien al regresar a su país tiene que superar obstáculos para poder adaptarse a su nuevo hogar.
Themes & subjects
Ficción juvenilFictionHomesicknessJapanJuvenile fictionNostalgia
First published 1999Setting
JapanJapón
About the author
Allen Say
1937
Allen Say (born James Allen Koichi Moriwaki Seii in 1937; surname written Seii (清井) in Japanese) is a Japanese-American writer and illustrator. He is best known for Grandfather's Journey, a children's picture book detailing his grandfather's voyage from Japan to the United States and back again, which won the 1994 Caldecott Medal for illustration. This story is autobiographical and relates to Say's constant moving during his childhood. His work mainly focuses on Japanese and Japanese American characters and their stories, and several works have autobiographical elements. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Say
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