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2) Model misfit
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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.
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Yoshio delights in the everyday sounds of Tokyo, but when a musician tells him that her favorite sound is ma, the Japanese word for silence, Yoshio sets out to hear this sound for himself among the hustle and bustle of the city. Includes information on the Japanese concept of ma.
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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.
6) Moshi moshi
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A young boy reluctantly accompanies his older brother to Japan, but after spending the summer visiting his pen pal and learning about that country's customs, he is glad that he went.
7) Nobody knows
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After moving into a new apartment, Akira's mother abandons her family to live with her boyfriend, leaving Akira and his two younger siblings to fend for themselves and face limited freedom and malnutrition.
10) In a flash
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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.