Himawari house by harmony becker5/23/2023 Living in a new country is no walk in the park-Nao, Hyejung, and Tina can all attest to that. Winner of the 2022 Kirkus Prize for Young Readers' LiteratureĪ 2021 Publishers Weekly Best Books of the YearĪ 2021 School Library Best Books of the YearĪ young adult graphic novel about three foreign exchange students and the pleasures, and difficulties, of adjusting to living in Japan. Winner of the 2023 Asian/Pacific American Award for Young Adult Fiction Literature But will they be able to hold one another up as life tests them with new loves, old heart breaks, and the everyday challenges of being fish out of water?"-Provided by publisher. The trio live together, share meals, and even attend the same Japanese-language school, which results in them becoming fast friends. There she meets Hyejung and Tina, two other girls who came to Japan to freely forge their own paths. About the Book "When Nao returns to Tokyo to reconnect with her Japanese heritage, she books a yearlong stay at the Himawari sharehouse.
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