Kyoko Mori
"Lyrical...A beautifully written book about a bitterly painful coming of age.",THE KIRKUS REVIEWS,Yuki Okuda knows her mother would be proud of her grades and her achievements in sports if she were alive. But she committed suicide. And Yuki has to learn how to live with a father who doesn't seem to love her and a stepmother who treats her badly. Most important, she has to learn how to live with herself: a twelve-year-old Japanese girl growing up alone, trying to make sense of a tragedy that makes no sense at all....
Young Adult,Fiction,Cultural,Japan,Realistic Fiction,Literature,Asian Literature,Young Adult,Teen,Asian Literature,Japanese Literature,Academic,School,Young Adult,Coming Of Age,Historical
Shizuko's Daughter