Bøger af Mariko Tatsumoto

This elegantly told yet ultimately horrifying novel is based on the true story of one of history's most shocking corporate betrayals and industrial disasters.Yuki is the daughter of a poor fisherman. Kiyo is the son of a senior executive at Chisso, a huge chemical conglomerate. In 1956, they meet and become friends, then gradually fall in love. But then all living things in the once beautiful Minamata Bay suddenly die. The impoverished people living around it begin suffering from a terrifying disease that causes agonizing pain, paralysis, and death . . . including Yuki's family. With no fish to catch and incapacitated from the disease, her parents are starving. As the sole wage earner, Yuki's reduced to low-paying, backbreaking work as a laborer, then as a house cleaner.The citydwellers, who work at Chisso, turn their backs on the lower-class fisherfolk, who largely tend to get the disease. The corporation stonewalls, denying culpability. Kiyo fails to convince his father to get the company to help. As the suffering spreads, Kiyo helps researchers find answers to the devastating neurological disease. But they're blocked by the government and the corporate-influenced media.Together Yuki and Kiyo must fight both the Japanese government and a powerful and ruthless corporation to save her family and the bay.

Armed only with a violin, biracial Ayumi faces a new family in a new country.Winner of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Gold AwardNamed one of Colorado's Powerful ReadsPaterson Prize for Books for Young People Honor BookColorado Authors' League Award FinalistIn 1959 when her mother dies, grieving twelve-year-old Ayumi leaves her home in Japan and crosses the Pacific Ocean alone to find the American father she's never met. Biracial, she is confronted with a resentful half-sister and a racist stepmother. The family maid and her rebellious fourteen-year-old son Diego are the only people who befriend her. Ayumi wants to be accepted by her new family, but how much of her true self must she give up?A violin prodigy, Ayumi's only solace is her music. Boys at school taunt her and steal her music books. When she's deprived of her violin, she feels like her mother has died all over again. To get her instrument back, with Diego's help, she shocks even herself by doing the unthinkable.If you like crisp and emotionally sensitive, entertaining, and heartwarming books that enchant and touches, you'll love Ayumi's Violin. Pick up your copy today!Sign up for Mariko Tatsumoto's newsletter and get one of her books for Free. marikotatsumoto.com

Can a young warrior save his clan against thousands of enemy samurais? Aritomo Genji, a twelve-year-old heir to a samurai lord, training to become a warrior, yearns to fight against his family's archenemy, the Kuroda clan. But he and his loyal dog, Tama, are sent away on a ship to keep them safe. After the ship sinks in a typhoon, and they're rescued by Kuroda soldiers, Aritomo must pretend to be an orphaned peasant. As reward for saving the life of Lord Kuroda's daughter, Aritomo and Tama live in the enemy's castle where they become friends with the girl. When Aritomo learns of a plot to massacre his clan, he must choose between saving his family and staying true to his friend.

A DARING RESCUE MISSIONClimb a frozen waterfallRappel down a dark mine shaftOutwit a ruthless kidnapperPreventing his mother from going blind is foremost in Tak's life, but his family can't afford the ridiculously expensive experimental treatment. When Tak's world-famous alpinist dad is offered a spot in a dangerous climbing race for a million dollar prize, it seems like the miracle the family's been looking for. All his dad has to do is guide a team of kids up Mount Everest.Dad's corrupt ex-climbing partner is also competing and will do anything to win, including kidnapping Tak's mother. Can Tak overcome his shameful fear of heights and climb a terrifying icefall to save her in time to win the race?If you like action adventure stories with a heart, you'll love this book!Get the ebook free with paperback purchase through Kindle Match Sign up for Mariko Tatsumoto's newsletter and get one of her other books for FREE at marikotatsumoto.com

PREVIOUSLY TITLED GUTLESSTSUNAMI! YAKUZA! TOKYO! KIDNAPPING! SUMO!WINNER OF PATERSON PRIZE FOR BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLECOLORADO AUTHORS LEAGUE AWARD FINALISTCrushing guilt weighs down fourteen-year-old Kenji. He believes he could have saved his family from the devastating tsunami that swept away his isolated seaside village in Japan if he hadn't been such a coward. Orphaned and ashamed, he moves to Tokyo to live with his estranged uncle. Amidst the glitter and glamor of the mysterious metropolis, Kenji clings to the hope that his missing sister is still alive.With bleached-blond hair, full-body tattoos, and tight Western jeans, his uncle is far from a traditional Japanese. Kenji soon discovers the shocking truth: his uncle is a mobster, a member of the legendary Yakuza criminal organization. When a deadly gang war breaks out, his uncle hides Kenji in a sumo training center. As the lowest ranking wrestler, he suffers agonizing beatings in a harsh, regimented life. Through brutal training, Kenji grows tougher, but can he heal his broken spirit in time to save his uncle from deadly Yakuza gangsters, determine what happened to his sister, and forgive himself for his parents' death?Read for FREE on Kindle Unlimited Get the ebook FREE with paperback purchase through Kindle Match If you love action and being transported to a different place to read about a young man overcoming his deepest fears, grab this book today!