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Tokyo Ever After
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9781250766625
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The New York Times bestseller and Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine YA Book Club Pick! Emiko Jean's Tokyo Ever After is the "refreshing, spot-on" (Booklist, starred review) story of an ordinary Japanese-American girl who discovers that her father is the Crown Prince of Japan.
Izumi Tanaka has never really felt like she fit in--it isn't easy being Japanese American in her small, mostly white, northern California town. Raised by a single mother, it's always been Izumi--or Izzy, because "It's easier this way"--and her mom against the world. But then Izumi discovers a clue to her previously unknown father's identity...and he's none other than the Crown Prince of Japan. Which means outspoken, irreverent Izzy is literally a princess. In a whirlwind, Izumi travels to Japan to meet the father she never knew and discover the country she always dreamed of. But being a princess isn't all ball gowns and tiaras. There are conniving cousins, a hungry press, a scowling but handsome bodyguard who just might be her soulmate, and thousands of years of tradition and customs to learn practically overnight. Izumi soon finds herself caught between worlds, and between versions of herself--back home, she was never "American" enough, and in Japan, she must prove she's "Japanese" enough. Will Izumi crumble under the weight of the crown, or will she live out her fairy tale, happily ever after? Look for the sequel, Tokyo Dreaming, in 2022!- Format: TradePaperback
- Author: Jean, Emiko
- ISBN: 9781250766625
- Condition: Used
- Number Of Pages: 352
- Publication Year: 2022
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"An aspiring self-actualized princess who makes lots of mistakes but keeps life interesting"
Jennifer E. - 5 years 3 months ago“It began with a book about rare orchids” and “everything you read in books is at least half-true.” This HEA centers around Izumi, “code name, Radish...A radish is a very formidable vegetable...Often overlooked, the radish is hearty and packed with vitamin C...I am brave. I am magnificent. I can do anything. (As long as I am gently handled, have ten hours of sleep a night, and a hearty, protein-packed breakfast, of course.)...‘I am afraid I am aggressively average,’ she shares enthusiastically… ‘an aspiring self-actualized princess who makes lots of mistakes but keeps life interesting and would never sexually harass you...My natural disposition walks on the sunny side of the street.” However, “It is the sacred duty of best friends to convince you to do the things you should not do.” So Izumi sets off to search for her long lost father/future emperor/George Clooney of Japan but finds a tall, dark imperial bodyguard with emotive eyebrows. She cuts into Tokyo “like a slice of cake, dissecting the layers.” Ash from Edo fires with remnants of samurai armor, calligraphy pens, and chipped tea porcelain…You are forcing the lines rather than letting the lines be the force...If you concentrate too much on the final steps, you will miss the present ones...Kanji is an expression of the soul.” Calligraphy, an exercise in Anne Bogel’s Don’t Overthink It. “Your life can only be as big as the container you’re planted in...Maybe you’re not meant to fit in. Maybe you’re meant to stand out...beautiful like a unicorn bathed in glitter...goddess of mercy, with dark hair that absorbs the light...You are a world unto yourself. Build your own space...meant uniquely for you...lead with your heart.” “Whatever the future holds for HIH Princess Izumi, one thing is sure: her father approves [and] this Princess approves of herself. That’s something we can all applaud.” After surviving her cousins’ sabotage selling her taboo romance to the tabloids, Izumi embraces her identity as “our very own royal...It’s not the royal part that warms me...Very own. Yes. That’s me. A true daughter of” the King.
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Trading in school lockers and textbooks for crowns and princess lessons.
Berge B. - 6 years 11 months agoThis book perfectly blends "Princess Diaries" with "Crazy Rich Asians". A high school girl learns she is the daughter of the Japanese Emperor and gets thrown into a world of tradition, restrictions, and paparazzi. And the cute, young bodyguard is a definite bonus. Going from teenage antics to adult rules can be scary enough as it is, but being thrown into the difficulties of court, who is ever ready?
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