laureninthebuf 's review for:

While I Was Away by Waka T. Brown

5.0

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This way a joy to read with my middle school daughter as we completed a geography unit in Japan. It captures Japanese culture, middle school angst, and complicated family relationships in a story that is engrossing start to finish. We finished this one ahead of schedule because there were days we just couldn’t put it down. I especially enjoyed learning about the kanji, shuuji, and the food!