Becker Harmony - Himawari House - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Winner of the 2023 Asian/ Pacific American Award for Young Adult Fiction Literature Winner of the 2022 Kirkus Prize for Young Readers Literature A 2021 Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year A 2021 School Library Best Books of the Year A young adult graphic novel about three foreign exchange students and the pleasures and difficulties of adjusting to living in Japan. Living in a new country is no walk in the park Nao Hyejung and Tina can all attest to that. The three of them became fast friends through living together in the Himawari House in Tokyo and attending the same Japanese cram school. Nao came to Japan to reconnect with her Japanese heritage while Hyejung and Tina came to find freedom and their own paths. Though each of them has her own motivations and challenges they all deal with language barriers being a fish out of water self discovery love and family.
Title: Himawari House
Author(s): Becker Harmony
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Barcode: 9781250235572
Pages: 384 Pages, Black And White Illustrations Throughout
Publication Date: 11/9/2021
Category: Comic Strip Fiction / Graphic Novels (Children's / Teenage)