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Starred Review on October 1, 2024 | Middle To High School
Gr 7 Up—Mari spent much of her young life feeling like she never completely fit in. She was born in Tokyo and raised in the U.S., but her biracial appearance and her inability to speak Japanese made her feel incomplete. She thought that spending a year abroad in Tokyo and studying Japanese would fix what she was missing, but that's not what happened. Readers expecting a straight sequel to Mari's previous book, Diary of Tokyo Teen, won't find it here. Instead, they'll f...Log In or Sign Up to Read More