Yuriko, teased at school for her unusual name and Japanese ancestry, yearns to be more ordinary until her father reminds her of how special she is.

"A novel portraying a group of dedicated recreational swimmers and what happens when a crack appears at the bottom of their community pool"--

Japanese-American chef Mike and Black daycare teacher Benson begin reevaluating their stale relationship after Mike departs for Japan to visit his dying father and Benson is suddenly stuck with his visiting mother-in-law, who becomes an unconventional roommate.

Jasmine makes a wish for a pet flamingo on the special daruma doll her grandmother sent from Japan, then sets out to prove herself responsibile enough for a pet.

When they get lost in a strange city during roller derby camp, the Daredevils lose their confidence and their ability to work as a team, but shy Tomoko's wilderness skills and navigational know-how help them escape the urban jungle.

Jasmine has looked forward to spending Girls Day with her family and best friend, Linnie, but first her sister says she will not participate, and then Jasmine upsets Linnie.

"Gigi tries natto, a traditional Japanese food. But will she like it as much as peanut butter?"--Back cover.

Eight-year-old Jasmine travels to Hiroshima to visit her grandmother and cousin. Includes author's note and instructions on how to make an origami dove.

A Japanese American man recounts his grandfather's journey to America which he later also undertakes, and the feelings of being torn by a love for two different countries.

"Chicago, 1944: twenty-year-old Aki Ito and her parents have just been released from Manzanar, the California concentration camp where they have been 'interned' by the US government since the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, together with thousands of other Japanese Americans. The life the Itos were forced to leave behind is gone; instead, they are being resettled in Chicago, where Aki's older sister, Rose, was sent months earlier as a forerunner of the...