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Yumoto, Kazumi

The Letters

165 pp. | Farrar | May, 2002 | Trade ISBN 0-374-34383-7 $$16.00
(2) YA Translated by Cathy Hirano. Traveling to the funeral of an elderly woman who befriended her years ago, twenty-something Chiaki Hoshino recalls how Mrs. Yanagi helped her deal with questions about her father's death when she was six. Teens who get past the young-looking cover will find a reflective, affecting novel (translated from the Japanese) that melds adult concerns with childhood reminiscence.
Reviewer: Jennifer M. Brabander | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2002

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