From Little Tokyo, With Love

From Little Tokyo, With Love
Sarah Kuhn
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Paperback
h210 x 140mm - 432pg
11 May 2021 US
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9780593403082
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Ever feel like you' re stuck in a fairy tale gone wrong? Celebrated author Sarah Kuhn explores the highs and lows of love and loss in this funny and poignant story of a girl who never thought happy endings were for people like her. If Rika' s life seems like a fairy tale in the making--being an orphan with two bossy cousins and working away in the family business--she would be the first one to reject that idiocy. After all, she loves her family (even if her cousins were named after Disney heroines) and working at her aunts' restaurant in LA' s Little Tokyo is kind of fun. Anyway, with her judo skills, half-Asian heritage, and a healthy interest in Japanese snake-girl folklore, Rika is sure she' s more the misunderstood witch than the singing princess. All that changes the moment she locks eyes with Grace Kimura, America' s reigning rom-com sweetheart, during the Nisei Week Festival. From there, Rika embarks on a wild adventure straight out of a Hallmark movie--discovering the truth about her mother, exploring Little Tokyo' s hidden treasures with a cute boy who happens to be a famous actor, and maybe. . . finally losing that feeling of never quite belonging. But fairy tales are fake, and the real world isn' t so kind. Rika knows she' s setting herself up for disappointment, because happy endings don' t happen to girls like her. She can walk away now before she gets in even deeper, or let herself be swept away into heartache. What would a judo-fighting Japanese snake-girl do?
"Readers will cheer for tough-but-tender Rika as she navigates the city of Los Angeles-and her own complicated emotions-in search of love, family, and belonging in this heartwarming pick-me-up of a novel. "-Misa Sugiura, award-winning author of It' s Not Like It' s a Secret
Sarah Kuhn is the author of the popular Heroine Complex novels--a series starring Asian American superheroines. The first book is a Locus bestseller, an RT Reviewers' Choice Award nominee, and one of the Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog' s Best Books of 2016. Her YA debut, the Japan-set romantic comedy I Love You So Mochi, is a Junior Library Guild selection and a nominee for YALSA' s Best Fiction for Young Adults. She has also penned a variety of short fiction and comics, including the critically acclaimed graphic novel Shadow of the Batgirl for DC Comics and the upcoming Star Wars audiobook original Doctor Aphra. Additionally, she was a finalist for both the CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment) New Writers Award and the Astounding Award for Best New Writer. A third generation Japanese American, she lives in Los Angeles with her husband and an overflowing closet of vintage treasures.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780593403082
Published: 11 May 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: Viking Books for Young Readers
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Paperback
Height: 210mm
Width: 140mm
Weight: 369g
Pages: 432

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