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Somewhere Among

Annie Donwerth-Chikamatsu

Eleven-year-old Ema leaves her life in the United States when she and her pregnant American mother move in with Ema’s Japanese grandmother in Tokyo. Caught between the United States and Japan, Ema misses the life she knew and must adjust to her grandmother’s home as her family prepares for a baby. The move becomes still harder when the Twin Towers fall, bringing loss and a changed world into Ema’s life. The novel is told in verse.

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Book details

Lexile Text Measure
840L
ATOS Book Level
5.2
AR Interest Level
MG
AR Points
4
Word Count
27786
Fountas & Pinnell Text Level
T
Themes
Cultural Heritage · Family · Grief And Loss · Identity
Format
Paperback
Publisher
AtheneumCaitlyn Dlouhy Books
Published
April 25, 2017
Pages
448
ISBN-13
9781481437875
Language
English
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