Manga Touch
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Manga Touch (Orca 2007) — Dana loves Japanese manga and anime and can hardly wait to get to Japan and away from the others on the exchange trip. She’s sure she’ll be less of an outsider in Japan, but discovers it’s just as difficult to fit in with a foreign culture as it is at school. For ages 10-14.
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This is another excellent title in a superb series for older students with low reading skills. - Resource Links
Readers will easily identify with fish-out-of-water Dana, and travel-minded teens will appreciate the tourist’s-eye view of Japan. - VOYA This is a great introduction to how Japan is experienced today. The characters have their strengths and weaknesses, which young readers can identify with. - Nichola Ogiwara, Nikkei Heritage Centre Thank you very much for giving us a wonderful story about Japan and Suzuka City. . . . I’m intoxicated with it. - Kyoko Nishihara, Japan Selected by the Canadian Children’s book Centre as a “best book” of 2008 |
Click here for a blog entry on the writing of the book.
Below is a photo of Canadian exchange student, Sheya, with students of the real Suzuka Highschool in Japan (wearing school uniforms). The author interviewed Sheya as part of research for the novel. The photo at right includes manga covers, a Suzuka Highschool brochure and charm from a Buddhist temple in Suzuka.
