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Beck, Miya T.

Summary: Yuki Snow wishes she were anywhere but here. She hates Santa Dolores, where her mom and stepdad just moved the family. Her BFF back home, Julio, has already forgotten his promise to stay in touch, and worse, he like likes Yuki's mortal enemy. At her new school, the kids think she's either invisible or a know-it-all nerd. The only friend she's made so far is the shopkeeper at a Japanese antiques...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BEC

Tarshis, Lauren

Summary: Visiting his dad's hometown in Japan four months after his father's death would be hard enough for Ben. But one morning the pain turns to fear: first, a massive earthquake rocks the quiet coastal village, nearly toppling his uncle's house. Then the ocean waters rise and Ben and his family are swept away, and pulled apart, by a terrible tsunami. Now Ben is alone, stranded in a strange country a...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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Osborne, Mary Pope

Summary: The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back in time to feudal Japan where the siblings learn about the ways of the Ninja.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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Rowland, Laura Joh.

Summary: In seventeenth-century Japan, Sano, a teacher and detective, investigates the ritual "suicide" drownings of a peasant and a noblewoman, supposed star-crossed lovers, and uncovers an intricate plot of political intrigue and murder.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTorch 1996

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROW

Laird, Jenny

Summary: The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back in time to feudal Japan where the siblings learn about the ways of the Ninja.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC OSB (GRAPHIC NOVEL)

Kuzki, Shaw

Summary: Twelve-year-old Nozomi's understanding of the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945 is transformed when she learns how those she knows and loves were affected by the event. Includes author's notes.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC KUZ

Tarshis, Lauren

Summary: A massive earthquake and devastating tsunami hit Japan while Ben is visiting his late father's hometown, pulling Ben's family apart and leaving him stranded in a strange country during an epic disaster.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2013

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC TAR

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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC TAR

Yoshimura, Akira

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2004

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC YOS

Kadohata, Cynthia

Summary: Twelve-year-old Hanako and her family, reeling from their confinement in an internment camp, renounce their American citizenship to move to Hiroshima, a city devastated by the atomic bomb dropped by Americans.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC KAD

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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC KAD

Osborne, Mary Pope

Summary: The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system! Have you ever met a real live ninja? Jack and Annie do when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to ancient Japan, where they find themselves in the cave of a ninja master. Will they learn the secrets of the ninja? Or will the evil samurai warriors get them first?

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Products, LLC 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG OSB

Takahashi, Rumiko

Summary: Inuyasha is attacked by a corrupted human wielding a mysterious sword known as Dakki. If our hero loses this battle, he will lose his mighty sword Tetsusaiga as well!Then, the corpse of the turtle demon Meioju is revived by a piece of Moryomaru s flesh. Meioju s shell is said to be the toughest of any armored demon... Even with the aid of Sesshomaru, does Inuyasha stand a chance of penetrating...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media 2013

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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 INU

Takahashi, Rumiko

Summary: Inuyasha and his friends come to the aid of his rival Koga when a mysterious demon attacks a group of innocent wolves related to Koga, but the price of their good deed may be more than Inuyasha is willing to pay.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2010

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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 INU

Takahashi, Rumiko

Summary: "Inuyasha and Kagome's archnemesis Naraku attempts to revive a cursed tree that once fed on humans and demons alike--but his plan backfires. Then Naraku must face an internal enemy--the armor encasing his black heart. And finally, Moryomaru attacks! Has Naraku finally met his match?!"--From publisher's web site.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2010

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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 INU

Takahashi, Rumiko.

Summary: Inuyasha and friends encounter a mountain so sacred that half of their company can't even set foot on it. Meanwhile, the Band of Seven have resurrected all their members and are out for revenge against those who caused their deaths.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2006

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Osborne, Mary Pope.

Summary: The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back in time to feudal Japan where the siblings learn about the ways of the Ninja.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1995

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1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Fiction Series Osborne 2012

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED OSB

Takahashi, Rumiko

Summary: As she battles the evil priestess Tsubaki, Kagome is poisoned by a corrupted shard of the Shikon Jewel that threatens to turn her against Inu-Yasha and put her under Kagura's control.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viz 2004

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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 INU

Clavell, James.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Eagle Large Print 1993

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Kata, Elizabeth.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 1992

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KAT

Griner, Susan

Summary: When the Great Kanto Earthquake strikes Tokyo on September 1, 1923, twelve-year-old Fumiko must navigate the ensuing chaos and confusion in her fight for survival. Includes information about the Great Kanto Earthquake, a glossary, discussion questions, and writing prompts.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2023

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED GRI

Matsui, Yūsei

Summary: In war-torn medieval Japan, a young samurai lord struggles to retake his throne, but not by fighting. Hojo Tokiyuki will reclaim his birthright by running away! In medieval Japan, eight-year-old Hojo Tokiyuki is the heir to the Kamakura shogunate. But the Hojo clan is in decline, and Tokiyuki’s peaceful days of playing hide-and-seek with his teachers come to an abrupt end when his clan is...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 741.5 ELU

Whelan, Gloria.

Summary: In Japan, as a provincial governor, his wife, and daughter Yuki, followed by 1,000 attendants, travel the historic Tokaido Road to the Shogun's palace in Edo, Yuki keeps up with her lessons by writing poems describing the journey.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2008

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC WHE

Lang, Ryan

Summary: "In a feudal Japan where creatures of myth and folklore are real, a demon sets out to reforge an ancient weapon to take over the world. The only person who can stop him is a six-inch-tall would-be samurai, who also happens to be the final and most important piece of the weapon"--Back cover.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group 2022

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 LAN

Gratz, Alan

Summary: On April 1, 1945 with the battle of Okinawa beginning, fourteen-year-old native Okinawan Hideki, drafted into the Blood and Iron Student Corps, is handed two grenades and told to go kill American soldiers; small for his age Hideki does not really want to kill anyone, he just wants to find his family, and his struggle across the island will finally bring him face-to-face with Ray, a marine in...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2018

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Tsukiyama, Gail.

Summary: Shortly before World War II, a Chinese man, sent to Japan to recover from tuberculosis, meets a lovely Japanese girl and four older residents, in a story of passion and sacrifice.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 1996

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Tsukiyama 1996

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