![]() ![]() ![]() Her terrible mother is pretty racist nonstop, constantly making Kiko feel awful for everything having to do with being Japanese. Her mother is white and her father is Japanese. She’s always felt like the odd one out, and her social anxiety hasn’t exactly helped her feel like she can fit in. And now that she is finally free to be her own person outside the constricting walls of her home life, Kiko learns life-changing truths about herself, her past, and how to be brave.įrom debut author Akemi Dawn Bowman comes a luminous, heartbreaking story of identity, family, and the beauty that emerges when we embrace our true selves.ġ7-year-old Nebraskan Kiko Himura prefers painting to fitting in (her words). So when she receives an invitation from her childhood friend to leave her small town and tour art schools on the west coast, Kiko jumps at the opportunity in spite of the anxieties and fears that attempt to hold her back. But then Kiko doesn’t get into Prism, at the same time her abusive uncle moves back in with her family. ![]()
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