From Little Tokyo, with Love (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780593327500)

One of People magazine's Best Books of Summer!

"Evocatively written and beautiful in its rage, From Little Tokyo, with Love is one to treasure." --Helen Hoang, USA Today bestselling author of The Kiss Quotient

Celebrated author Sarah Kuhn reinvents the modern fairy tale in this intensely personal yet hilarious novel of a girl whose search for a storybook ending takes her to unexpected places in both her beloved LA neighborhood and her own guarded heart.

At first glance, Rika's life might seem like the beginning of a familiar fairy tale--after all, she's an orphan with two bossy cousins, a demanding job in the family business, and an ever-present feeling that she doesn't quite belong. But as a biracial girl with formidable judo skills and a firey temper, Rika knows she is the least princess-like person in all of LA.
So when a series of tantalizing clues spread out over her Little Tokyo neighborhood seem to point her to her mother being alive, Rika has to take a leap of faith (accompanied by cute actor Hank Chen) that a girl like her might deserve happiness too. But as their madcap quest brings her closer to the truth--and closer to Hank--her doubts and insecurities threaten to destroy everything. In the sudden fairy tale that's taken over her life, Rika must decide if she's destined for tragedy . . . or brave enough to write her own happy ending.

Author: Sarah Kuhn
ISBN-10: 0593327500
ISBN-13: 9780593327500
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 04/30/2024
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.30d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.7
Point Value: 14
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 516207 / From Little Tokyo, with Love