Raised in Japan, American-born tenth-grader Emma is disconcerted by a move to Massachusetts for her mother’s breast cancer treatment, because half of Emma’s heart remains with her friends recovering from the tsunami.
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Featured in Volume VI, Issue 1 of WOW Review.
- ISBN: 9780385739795
- Author: Holly Thompson
- Published: 2013 , Delacorte Press
- Themes: Family, illness, Moving households, New experiences, recovery
- Descriptors: Realistic Fiction, United States, Young Adult (ages 14-18)