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"What are you looking for? So asks Tokyo's most enigmatic librarian. For Sayuri Komachi is able to sense exactly what each visitor to her library is searching for and provide just the book recommendation to help them find it. A restless retail assistant looks to gain new skills, a mother tries to overcome demotion at work after maternity leave, a conscientious accountant yearns to open an antique store, a recently retired salaryman searches for newfound...
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Viz Media
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[2008]
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v. : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
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English
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The wandering swordsman, Himura Kenshin, once an assassin, now fights to protect those in need.
A warrior arose 140 years ago in Kyoto, with the coming of the American black ships, who helped introduce the progressive age known as Meiji and then vanished. This tale begins in the 11th year of Meiji, in Tokyo. With his killer blade, legend-warrior Hitokiri Battosai once helped close the turbulent Bakumatsu era and slashed open the progressive age known...
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"An international sensation that has sold more than a million copies in Japan and was named a Best Book of the Year by U.S. publications from Buzzfeed to the New Yorker, Convenience Store Woman is the charming and unforgettable story of Tokyo sales clerk Keiko Furukura. Keiko is an unusual person, someone who has never fit in, but when she takes a job at a 'Smile Mart' she finally finds peace and purpose in her daily tasks. But there is huge pressure...
5) Shaman King
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Viz
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c2003-
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volume : chiefly illustrated ; 19 cm
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English
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Yoh Asakura is a junior-high shaman; he can talk to ghosts and spirits of nature, and contact the other world. Manta is a junior-high wiz kid who met Yoh one night when he was taking a shortcut through the cemetary. Together, they battle ghosts and other shamans, usually with Yoh channeling the skills of Amidamaru or other warrior ghosts.
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I survived volume 8
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IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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A massive earthquake and devastating tsunami hit Japan while Ben is visiting his late father's hometown, pulling Ben's family apart and leaving him stranded in a strange country during an epic disaster.
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2011
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English
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Yasuko Hanaoka is a divorced, single mother who thought she had finally escaped her abusive ex-husband Togashi. When he shows up one day to extort money from her, threatening both her and her teenaged daughter Misato, the situation quickly escalates into violence and Togashi ends up dead on her apartment floor. Overhearing the commotion, Yasuko's next door neighbor, middle-aged high school mathematics teacher Ishigami, offers his help, disposing
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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Tells the story of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki through the eyes of Sachiko Yasui, who was six when the devastation was wrought, describing her experiences in the aftermath of the attack as well as her long journey to find peace.
9) Soul eater
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Yen Press
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2009-
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volumes : chiefly illustrations ; 20 cm
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English
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Maka is a weapon meister, determined to turn her partner, a living scythe named Soul Eater, into a powerful death scythe -- the ultimate weapon of Death himself! Charged with the task of collecting and devouring the tainted souls of ninety-nine humans and one witch, Maka and her fellow meisters strive to master their weapons as they face off against the bizarre and dangerous minions of the underworld. But the meisters' own personal quirks may prove...
10) Ink
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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Moving to Japan in the aftermath of a family tragedy, Katie develops feelings for kendo team star Tomohiro while observing how strange things happen with pens, ink, and drawings whenever they are near to one another.
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"In a small coastal town just a stone's throw from Tokyo, a prestigious piano competition is underway. Over the course of two feverish weeks, three students will experience some of the most joyous--and painful--moments of their lives. Though they don't know it yet, each will profoundly and unpredictably change the others, forever"--
12) While I was away
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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When twelve-year-old Waka's parents suspect she cannot understand the basic Japanese they speak to her, they make a drastic decision to send her to Tokyo to live for several months with her grandmother.
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Viz Media
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2009-
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volumes : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
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English
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In Edo period Japan, a strange new disease called the Red Pox has begun to prey on the country's men. Within eighty years of the first outbreak, the male population has fallen by seventy-five percent. Women have taken on all the roles traditionally granted to men, even that of the Shogun. The men, precious providers of life, are carefully protected. And the most beautiful of the men are sent to serve in the Shogun's Inner Chamber--Vol. 1, p. [4] of...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Six-year-old Sachiko and her family suffered greatly after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, and in the years that followed, the miraculous survival of a ceramic bowl became a key part of Sachiko's journey toward peace"--
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Poppy, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
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IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
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325 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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Seventeen-year-old Sophia has seven days left in Tokyo before she moves back to the United States, and she unexpectedly finds herself drawn to Jamie, a boy with whom she shares a heartbreaking history. Can their one short week of Tokyo adventures end in anything but good-bye?--
17) The hole
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New Directions paperbook volume 1487
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"Asa's husband is transferring jobs, and his new office is located near his family's home in the countryside. During an exceptionally hot summer, the young married couple move in, and Asa does her best to quickly adjust to their new rural lives, to their remoteness, to the constant presence of her in-laws and the incessant buzz of cicadas. While her husband is consumed with his job, Asa is left to explore her surroundings on her own: she makes trips...
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Penguin delivers you to the front lines of The Pacific Theater with the real-life stories behind the HBO miniseries.
Former Marine and Pacific War veteran Robert Leckie tells the story of the invasion of Okinawa, the closing battle of World War II. Leckie is a skilled military historian, mixing battle strategy and analysis with portraits of the men who fought on both sides to give the listener a complete account of the invasion. Lasting eighty-three...
19) Japan
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Simple text and full-color photographs illustrate the land, animals, and people of Japan--Provided by publisher.
20) Storm
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English
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Katie finally uncovers the terrible secret about her boyfriend Tomohiro--that he is descended from ancient Japanese gods and heir to a tragedy that occurred long ago, a tragedy that is about to repeat.
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