AYUMI'S VIOLIN
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Armed only with a violin, biracial Ayumi faces a new family in a new country. In 1959, after her mother dies, 12-year-old Ayumi is forced to leave her home in Japan to live with a father she's never met, a resentful half-sister, and a racist stepmother. Is she brave enough to go up against the school bullies and prove to her family that she's worthy of their love?
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Ayumi's Violin is a Paterson
Ayumi's Violin is a Paterson Prize for Books for Young People Honor Book, Colorado Authors' League Award Finalist,
Winner of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Gold Award, and Named one of Colorado’s Powerful Reads