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Eleven-year-old Emma's life in Tokyo changes for the worse when she and her American mother, who is pregnant, must move in with her Japanese grandmother the summer before 9/11 changes the world.
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Ema doesn't fit. She's always felt like she didn't belong anywhere—not in her father's Japanese world or her mother's American world. Now she has a chance to have a companion in her doesn't-fit-ness; Ema's mother is expecting a baby. But Ema's mother is having problems with her pregnancy and the family is staying with Ema's grandmother, who Ema has trouble getting along with, and then 9/11 strikes....
A beautifully told story, of finding connection, of adapting to other people, of changing, of finding new ways to relate to others, written in poetry, a perfect choice for this story of a Japanese-American girl and her family.
