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OLDER FICTION
Thompson, Holly

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329 pp. | Delacorte | February, 2011 | Trade ISBN 978-0-385-73977-1 $17.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-385-90806-1 $20.99
(3) YA Illustrated by Grady McFerrin. Half-Japanese, half-Jewish American Kana is sent to live with distant relatives in Japan after classmate and clique-target Ruth's suicide. Learning discipline, patience, and acceptance of herself and her circumstances, Kana begins to blossom like the family's mikan (orange) groves--even after tragedy strikes again. Told in first-person verse addressed to Ruth, Kana's voice deftly progresses from morose to contemplative to hopeful.
Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen

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