Japan 1877 Toki-Girl Azuki doesn't want her dream.. Mysteries plague her family. Is Azuki responsible? Rebellion shakes the Empire. Has a princess failed her people? Three problems. Are there solutions?

When your closest friend is the Dragon King, your niece, nephew and their friends are dual-natured and your country hurtles towards an uncertain future, your life is bound to be complicated. Azuki and Shota's Uncle Yuta must keep his household safe and happy while they strive to adapt to the constant change that is Meiji-era Japan. Azuki's new loom is already obsolete. Renko discovers new draconic abilities, stirring her parents into action as she finds her family expanding. Tsuruko's husband can't come to terms with her dual nature yet they will soon have a child - but will it be human, crane or both? Shota and the horses experiment with inter-species communication. There's no end to Yuta's challenges! Now, with a new Western suit and fashionable short hair, he's off to Tokyo for a conference that will change education in Japan forever as he meets people who will change his future as they change their country. Can he successfully guide his family through the storm of change that surrounds them?

With their parents killed by an evil feudal overlord, who wants Azuki for the valuable feathers she produces when she is a Toki bird, Azuki feels she must flee. It is all her fault, isn't it? She is the one with the cursed ability to turn into a bird! Shota, her brother, can become a sparrow, but nobody wants his plain brown feathers. Armed with information from their dying mother, he must reach his sister to tell her they will lose their inheritance and will no longer be able to live in human society unless they can return to claim it! While Azuki searches for her Toki-kin, encountering Egrets, storms, a fierce mountain ogre and even a dragon, Shota, smaller, slower, follows a dream of his late father to track his sister to the Toki nesting grounds, discovering in himself a love of the sea, and a way to get them home in time. -- Author's synopsis.

Japan, 1871. Toki-girl Azuki find a treasure she hopes will stop a war. She and Sparrow-boy Shota must tell their Lord! Demons attack and bandits lurk. They could lose the home they love forever. Can they defeat the demon Tengu? The second of the Toki-Girl and the Sparrow-Boy historical fantasy tale of the Meiji Era.

The playground is packed with children playing, but Tom is sitting on a bench with his dad. He's just not sure he's brave enough to join in... But when a little girl loses her teddy, will Tom have the courage to help?

In June 1942 the Japanese army invaded Attu, a remote island at the end of the Aleutian Chain. Soldiers occupied the village for two months before taking its Alaska Native residents to Japan, where they were held until the end of the war. After harassing American and Canadian forces for little over a year, the Japanese forces quietly withdrew. After the war, the Attuans' return to Alaska was not a joyful reunion. When they were released, the Attuans were not allowed to return to their home, but were settled instead in Atka, several hundred miles from Attu. "Attu Boy" is Nick Golodoff s memoir of his experience as a prisoner of war in Japan during World War II as a young boy. Nick was six years old when Japanese soldiers invaded his remote Aleutian village. Along with the other Unangan Attu residents, Nick and his family were taken to Hokkaido, Japan. Only 25 of the Attuans survived the war; the others died of hunger, malnutrition, and disease. Nick tells his story from the unique viewpoint of a child who experienced friendly relationships with some of the Japanese captors along with harsh treatment from others. Other voices join Nick s to give the book a broad sense of the struggles, triumphs, and heartbreak of lives disrupted by war. "

Third in The Toki-Girl and Sparrow-Boy Series for tweens through adults. Azuki and Shota are finally home! Life in their corner of rural 19th Century Japan is nearly perfect - but Azuki's sick and Shota doubts his friendship with the Dragon Princess, who is upset because her mother rejects her dual nature. Shota defies his uncle to track down the legendary Crane-girl to help Azuki and impress the Princess. This leads to the discovery of a new and better way to incorporate Azuki's spectacular feathers in fabrics. When Shota takes his beloved boat to deliver Azuki's work, he finds trouble - and not just among humans! Even the Dragon King and Princess Renko's European mother must join forces with Azuki and Shota to repel a sea-monster's challenge, but it's Uncle Yuta who crafts a lasting peace.