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1) Pachinko
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English
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"A new tour de force from the bestselling author of Free Food for Millionaires, for readers of The Kite Runner and Cutting for Stone. PACHINKO follows one Korean family through the generations, beginning in early 1900s Korea with Sunja, the prized daughter of a poor yet proud family, whose unplanned pregnancy threatens to shame them all. Deserted by her lover, Sunja is saved when a young tubercular minister offers to marry and bring her to Japan....
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
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Now in his seventies and retired, Doc Hata still resides in his large home of thirty years in Bedley Run, New York. A polite and unassuming man, he harbors secrets of his past as a medic in the Japanese Army during World War II
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Publisher
Soho Teen
Pub. Date
[2022]
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IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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ISeventeen-year-old Ginny Park is about to get expelled from high school-again. Stephanie, the picture book author who took Ginny into her Oregon home after she was kicked out of school in Hawaii, isn't upset; she only wants to know why. But Ginny has always been in-between. She can't bring herself to open up to anyone about her past, or about what prompted her to flee her native Japan. Then, Ginny finds a mysterious scrawl among Stephanie's scraps...
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English
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". . . a sweeping historical debut for fans of Lilac Girls, Memoirs of a Geisha, and Kristin Hannah that brings to life the heartbreaking history of Korea through the deeply moving and redemptive story of two sisters separated by World War II" --
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Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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An epic multigenerational novel about a Korean family living under Japanese occupation"--
"From the National Book Award winning author, an extraordinary, ground-breaking, epic multi-generational novel about a Korean family living under Japanese occupation. In 1930s Japanese-occupied Korea, Lee Woo-cheol was a running prodigy and a contender for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. But he would have had to run under the Japanese flag. Nearly a century later,...
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Midnight series (Sister Souljah) volume 2
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 35
Language
English
Description
"Sister Souljah, the New York Times bestselling author of The Coldest Winter Ever and Midnight, delivers her most compelling and enlightening story yet. With Midnight and The Meaning of Love, Souljah brings to her millions of fans an adventure about young, deep love, the ways in which people across the world express their love, and the lengths that they will go to have it. Powerful and sensual, Midnight is an intelligent, fierce fighter and Ninjutsu-trained...
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Yakuza's bias volume 2
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A yakuza enforcer becomes the gang world's biggest K-pop stan in this cult comedy manga that went from webcomic to sleeper hit in Japan! Perfect for fans of Way of the Househusband, Phantom of the Idol, or Spy x Family. WITH HONOR AND HUMANITY Ken Kanashiro has taken the vow of brotherhood in the world of K-pop fandom. His devotion and commitment to MNW -- the hottest K-pop boy band -- inspires many around him, including his rival, Kinji Mizuhara....
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