Tanabata Wish: A Coming of Age Rom-Com

Sara Fujimura

Mar 2022 · Tanabata Wishes Enterprises, LLC · Narrated by Caitlin Kelly

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Phoenix-native Skyler Doucet's plans with her BFF are ruined when her mom and Japanese stepfather move the entire family to Nagoya, Japan for the summer before her senior year. But when David Takamatsu, a biracial Japanese-American boy, invades Skyler's space (and her heart), this fish out of water in Japan starts to wonder if it's the pond back home that might be too small.

About the author

Sara Fujimura (Foo-gee-moo-rah) is the American half of her bicultural Japanese-American family and spends about a month each summer in Japan with her now-adult children. She started as a journalist, so it is no surprise that Sara's young adult books contain a lot of facts to go along with the fiction. Whether you want to know about Japan (TANABATA WISH), the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918 (BREATHE), what it's like to be an Olympic-caliber skater (EVERY REASON WE SHOULDN'T), or how unscripted television works (FAKING REALITY), Sara takes readers on swoony journeys to unusual places. She is a creative writing teacher and literacy advocate who is excited to support the next generation of authors. If you go to anime cons in Arizona, you may also see Sara as her alter ego, The Obento Lady. She is an active member of SCBWI-Arizona. EVERY REASON WE SHOULDN'T was named an NPR Best Book of 2020. Sara is represented by Ann Rose of the Prospect Agency. www.sarafujimura.com Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Caitlin Kelly moved to New York City to pursue her theatrical training at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. She has a BFA in Drama and studied musical theatre at CAP21.Caitlin has been working in voice over since 2009. As an audiobook narrator, Caitlin has won Earphones from Audiofile Magazine and a 2018 Audie Award nomination for her work on New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson. Caitlin has worked with Hachette Audio, Audible Studios, MacMillan Audio, Brilliance Audio, Harper Audio, Penguin Random House Audio, Dreamscape Audio, and Tantor Audio. Caitlin can be heard on ads for McDonald's, Lion, Seiyu Department Stores (owned by WalMart), Bennesse, NHK and Asahi Productions Heroes: Legends of the Battle Discs as "Mascot." Caitlin was the principle voice of "Sho-kun" in NHK's Kiso Eigo 1 in 2012. She has worked extensively in animation for children and children's education working in 2011 on the National English program for grades 4 & 5 for the Japanese Government and the Minister of Education. Caitlin currently voices for TIME Magazine, TIME for Kids, and smashd.co, and Forbes.com.Caitlin works from her home studio in Tokyo, Japan.

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