{"product_id":"wonderful-half-ari-ryn-9798248475285","title":"Wonderful Half","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA nostalgic coming-of-age story about friendship, loneliness and growing up in small-town Japan.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKentaro has learned that life is easier when nobody notices him. Struggling at home, he spends most of his time with his only friend, Naoki, and dreams of growing up and vanishing into Osaka.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the end of the rainy season, a half-Japanese boy, Akira, appears in the small town. Curious about the foreigner, Kentaro takes an interest in him, only to decide he is odd and not worth his time. Yet as the sweltering summer drags on, Akira keeps attaching himself to Kentaro and Naoki, and a reluctant friendship begins to take shape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne night, fleeing an unstable situation at home and with nowhere else to go, Kentaro ends up at Akira's door. In the safety of Akira's room, the boys share things they have never told anyone before\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e The more time Kentaro spends with Akira, the wider his world becomes. Places that once seemed out of reach no longer feel quite so distant. But Akira remains difficult to understand, and the scars from his life in Europe grow harder to ignore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the end of the summer, Akira finally opens up about his past, leaving Kentaro to decide whether he wants somebody like Akira as a friend at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ari Ryn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798248475285\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.56d","brand":"Ari Ryn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49002000613631,"sku":"9798248475285","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wonderful-half-ari-ryn-9798248475285","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}