My Almost Flawless Tokyo Dream Life
Publisher
Hyperion
Publication Year
2018
ISBN
9781368008396
Pages
346 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
On her sixteenth birthday, Elle Zoellner leaves the foster care system to live with the father she never knew in Tokyo, Japan.
Grade Level
9-12
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Culture/Ethnicity; LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality; Disability and Health; Foster Care; Single Parent; Incarceration; Multiracial; Bilingual; Multiethnic; Gay/Lesbian; Addiction; foster teenager; foster parents; single mother; single father; mother in prison; bilingual family; bilingual teenager; multiracial child; multiethnic mother; lesbian aunt; lesbian adult; substance abuse; drug abuse; adult with an addiction
Main Character
female teenager
Race/Ethnicities
Asian (Japanese) / Brown-Skinned
Family Formation
single father; incarcerated mother
LGBTQ+
lesbian female
Awards
Booklist Book Review Stars, 2018
Keywords
Tokyo, Japan; father-daughter relationships; dating; privilege; wealth; teenagers; racially diverse school; social status; cultural differences; family changes; international school; absentee family
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Cohn, Rachel, "My Almost Flawless Tokyo Dream Life" (2018). Diverse Families. 1804.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1804