While I Was Away author-Frances Hardinge Surely there must be something

Surely there must be something he can use to get his kite unstuck

pattern making—for creation

Griffin’s downward spiral continues

thought to be dead—reclaims the Shotet throne

and a poison vine called Bloodleaf

While I Was Away author-Frances Hardinge Surely there must be somethingBlackbird Fly meets The Farewell in this empowering middle grade memoir from author Waka T. Brown, who takes readers on a journey to Japan, where she was sent as a child in the 1980s to reconnect to her familys roots. When twelve year old Wakas parents suspect she cant understand basic Japanese, they make the drastic decision to send her to Tokyo to live for several months with her strict grandmother. Forced to say goodbye to her friends and what