![]() ![]() I cannot get enough of novels written in poetry form, and I am always looking for new ones. ![]() This has been my new genre lately, it seems. What I like about this book is that is is written in verse. Ema has a lot of growing up to do in a short period of time, something no fifth grader should have to endure, but it is an interesting slice of life piece, and we learn more about that period in history from the perspective of a different country. And then, September 11th comes around, and her American family is depressed and afraid. Ema has to learn to adapt to her new environment and school for the sake of her new baby brother or sister’s survival. It is a difficult summer for the family, because Papa has to stay in Tokyo and commute on weekends to visit his family, and Ema’s grandmother is a strict woman with high standards for behavior, being a traditional Japanese woman. Ema’s father is Japanese, and his parents live near Tokyo, Japan, which is where Ema and her mother are forced to stay since Ema’s mother is in the middle of a high-risk pregnancy and is put on bed rest. Ema’s mother is American, and her parents live in California. ![]() ![]() Somewhere Among is the story of Ema and her family living in Japan during 2001, the year the twin towers fell. ![]()
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