![]() It leads her to consider what true friendship really looks like. ![]() She shouldn't always have to be the one to compromise. She really just wants everyone to be happy and she'll work to see to it that they are but it doesn't mean she has to do so at the expense of her own happiness. She is friendly, she is fair, and she does not like to stir up trouble. I enjoyed getting to know Keiko and her heart for her friends and family. When it comes down to having to decide between boyfriends and best friends, what will Keiko do? It's a new school year, and for best friends, Keiko, Audrey, and Jenna, 7th grade should be epic! They'll be in some of the same classes, have lunch together, join a few clubs so they can hang out after school, and.this is the year that they're going to have boyfriends! Sounds simple, right? But one misunderstanding leads to another, causing an irreparable rift in their friendship. Please Note: Review of an Advance Reader Copy. For more information, please see author's website. This book received a starred review from Publisher's Weekly and Booklist.Ī third generation Japanese American, a native Californian, and former classroom teacher and zoo educator. Jasmine Toguchi Drummer Girl is a 2019 Cybils Award winner, a Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award winner, a Junior Library Guild selection, on the CCBC 2019 Choices List, and on the Chicago Public Library’s Best Of list.Ĭo-wrote the picture book biography NIKI NAKAYAMA: A CHEF'S TALE IN 13 BITES with Jamie Michalak, art by Yuko Jones. Jasmine Toguchi Mochi Queen was a Junior Library Guild selection, Amazon’s Best Children’s Books of 2017, a Bank Street 2018 Best Children’s Books of the Year, on the 2018 Amelia Bloomer List, and on The Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) 2018 Choices List (Best of the Year). Four new Jasmine Toguchi books coming in '22 - '23! First up, BRAVE EXPLORER (10/18/22)! Available now: Jasmine Toguchi, Mochi Queen Jasmine Toguchi, Super Sleuth Jasmine Toguchi, Drummer Girl and Jasmine Toguchi, Flamingo Keeper (FSG/2). Kirkus Reviews gave JUST BE COOL JENNA SAKAI (an Amazon Editor's Choice Pick) a starred review and says it is ".complex as is delightful."Īlso the author of the chapter book series Jasmine Toguchi about a spunky Japanese American 8yo girl. KEEP IT TOGETHER KEIKO CARTER is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection, a New England Book Award finalist, and a Project LIT 2020-21 Book Club selection. Author of the middle grade books: KEEP IT TOGETHER KEIKO CARTER and JUST BE COOL, JENNA SAKAI, SWEET AND SOUR, and the upcoming THIS IS HOW I ROLL (January 2023/Scholastic).
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