{"product_id":"invisible-outsider-casey-e-bales-9781915264015","title":"Invisible Outsider: From battling bullies to building bridges, my life as a Third Culture Kid","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt's not every day you meet a white, blond, Midwest American kid who speaks English with a Japanese accent.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut this is no ordinary kid. At the age of three, he'd relocated from Indiana to the neon-lit metropolis of 1980s Tokyo. As the only foreigner or\u003cem\u003e 'gaijin\u003c\/em\u003e' from Japanese kindergarten right through to high school in both Japan and the US, he'd battled to fit in. He'd fought his corner hard and found a degree of acceptance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBack in the US with his Japanese sensibilities, a new cycle of bullying began. People thought he talked 'funny, ' and for a young Casey Bales the trauma of culture shock hit hard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eInvisible Outsider \u003c\/em\u003eis a raw read into teenage 'becoming' that charts the ups and downs of Casey's emotional and inspirational journey: his life in Hawai'i, where he follows in the steps of Barack Obama's father; his continuing love affair with Japan; and his determination to build bridges between his Third Culture Kid (TCK) identity and multicultural America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith academic insight and a deep knowing, \u003cem\u003e Invisible Outsider\u003c\/em\u003e lays a path for other TCKs to follow. At its heart is a message of hope: cross-cultural experience can promote global literacy, harmony, and mutual understanding. As Casey navigates wildly different cultures and loses his bond with his homeland, he instead finds a connection with the wider human race.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Casey E. Bales\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1915264014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781915264015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Summertime Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.43d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casey E. Bales","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44080543564031,"sku":"9781915264015","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d58bb54f-7c2f-40c1-be45-60377133832f.jpg?v=1685487384","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/invisible-outsider-casey-e-bales-9781915264015","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}