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Simon Pulse
September 2018
On Sale: September 11, 2018
368 pages
ISBN: 1481487736
EAN: 9781481487733
Kindle: B071R25YVQ
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Young Adult
A half-Japanese teen grapples with social anxiety and her narcissist mother in the wake of a crushing rejection from art school in this βstunningly beautiful, highly nuanced debutβ (Booklist, starred review). Kiko Himura has always had a hard time saying exactly what sheβs thinking. With a mother who makes her feel unremarkable and a half-Japanese heritage she doesnβt quite understand, Kiko prefers to keep her head down, certain that once she makes it into her dream art school, Prism, her real life will begin. But then Kiko doesnβt get into Prism, at the same time her abusive uncle moves back in with her family. So when she receives an invitation from her childhood friend to leave her small town and tour art schools on the west coast, Kiko jumps at the opportunity in spite of the anxieties and fears that attempt to hold her back. And now that she is finally free to be her own person outside the constricting walls of her home life, Kiko learns life-changing truths about herself, her past, and how to be brave. From debut author Akemi Dawn Bowman comes a luminous, heartbreaking story of identity, family, and the beauty that emerges when we embrace our true selves.
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