Tanabata Wish, Sara Fujimura
Tanabata Wish, Sara Fujimura
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Tanabata Wish
A Coming of Age Rom-Com

Author: Sara Fujimura

Narrator: Caitlin Kelly

Unabridged: 10 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/09/2022

Synopsis

Phoenix-native Skyler Doucet's plans with her BFF are ruined when her mom and Japanese stepfather move the entire family to Nagoya, Japan for the summer before her senior year. But when David Takamatsu, a biracial Japanese-American boy, invades Skyler's space (and her heart), this fish out of water in Japan starts to wonder if it's the pond back home that might be too small.

About Sara Fujimura

SARA FUJIMURA is an award-winning young adult author and creative writing teacher. She is the American half of her Japanese-American family, and has written about Japanese culture and raising bicultural children for such magazines as Appleseeds, Learning Through History, East West, and Mothering, as well as travel-related articles for To Japan With Love. Her self-published young adult novels include Tanabata Wish and Breathe. She lives in Phoenix with her husband and children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lisa

Loved this book. Purchased it, which I NEVER do, because it was written by a friend of a friend. If I'd not been doing so much travel this past decade, I'm certain that I'd know this author in real life myself. :) After reading this book, I know that I'd like Sara. A lot. Great story, grabs you straig......more

Goodreads review by Natalie

Make A Wish! I thoroughly enjoyed reading Tanabata Wish! I may be a bit biased though because I have travelled to Japan a lot and have been studying the language for 3 years! So the additional use of Japanese in the book, as well as the setting and aspects of their culture made the book really fun fo......more

Goodreads review by Corinne

I wasn't very impressed by this book. My main problems with this story were that 1) Skyler's knowledge of Japanese language and culture were never very clear. She knew some things that I wouldn't expect her to know, but then she didn't know other basic things that seemed like common knowledge. 2) Sky......more

Goodreads review by Susan

4.5 stars. Really enjoyable. Very interesting and not as predictable as many YA books. looking forward to her next book!......more

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