Tokyo Ever After (A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Ya Pick)

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A Reese Witherspoon Book Club YA Pick!

Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean is a hilarious and heartfelt novel perfect for fans of To All the Boys I've Loved Before and The Princess Diaries.

Izumi Tanaka has lived an uneventful seventeen years in her small town, keenly aware of all the ways in which her family is different from most of her classmates. But then Izumi discovers a clue to her previously unknown father's identity . . . and he's none other than the Crown Prince of Japan.

Soon she's traveling overseas to meet the father she never knew and discover the country she's only dreamed of. But being a princess isn't all ball gowns and tiaras. There are conniving cousins, a hungry press, a scowling but handsome bodyguard who just might be her soulmate, and thousands of years of tradition and customs to learn practically overnight. Izzy soon finds herself caught between worlds, and between versions of herself - back home, she was never "American" enough, and in Japan, she must prove she's "Japanese" enough. Will Izumi crumble under the weight of the crown, or will she live out her fairytale, happily ever after?

Review: A completely irresistible read. * Independent *
A refreshing and spot-on depiction of Japanese Americans exploring their heritage, with appeal far beyond female Asian readers. * Booklist, starred review *
A fresh, funny, emotive, inspiring and empowering #OwnVoices triumph * Shelf Awareness *

Author Biography: Emiko Jean is the author of Tokyo Ever After. When she isn't writing, she is reading. Before she became a writer, she was an entomologist, a candlemaker, a florist, and most recently, a teacher. She lives in Washington with her husband and children (unruly twins).

Tokyo Ever After is a hilarious and heartfelt own voices YA that follows an American girl who discovers she's the Crown Princess of Japan.