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Gr 10 Up—Puccini's Madame Butterfly concerns a 15-year-old Japanese child bride married to an American soldier who commits suicide after giving birth to their son. Kumagai reimagines that son centuries later as a 17-year-old gay teen living in California. His Japanese mother died when he was small, and his military father marries Kate, an American; baby Benny is Adam's half-brother. In the novel's soft opening, Adam affectionately cares for Benny, while Kate consoles Adam about his first real breaku...Log In or Sign Up to Read More