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...full of energy and pathos... I fell in love with Ayumi and know you will, too!...

Laura DiSilverio, national best-selling author of mysteries and suspense Colorado Book Award Winner and two-time Lefty finalist

Paterson Prize for Books for Young People Honor Book
Colorado Authors’ League Award Finalist
Winner of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Gold Award
Named one of Colorado’s Powerful Reads

In 1959 when her mother dies, twelve-year-old Ayumi leaves her home in Japan to find her American father. Biracial, she is confronted with a resentful half-sister and a racist stepmother. A violin prodigy, her only solace is her music. When she is deprived of her violin, she shocks even herself by doing the unthinkable.

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WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT AYUMI’S VIOLIN

“Aching, poignant, and yet ultimately uplifting and inspiring…”

“Your family will … read it over and over again…”  Kevin Paul Tracy, author of the Lainie Parker Adventures

“A fascinating, heartwarming, occasionally funny, and always absorbing cross-cultural story…”  Lin Poyer writing as Kelly Honor, author of Hot Prospects

“Engrossing story. Kids will actually learn something…” Paulla Hunter, author of Beyond Time

“…a must-read for kids and adults, as well…” Terry Wright: author, editor, publisher

“A good read! All at once upsetting and uplifting…” Donna Kennedy, medical technologist, and an avid reader

“LOCAL AUTHOR WRITES SENSITIVE STORY ABOUT JAPANESE YOUNGSTER MOVING TO AMERICA

Ayumi’s Violin by local author Mariko Tatsumoto is an insightful book written for tweens, and is totally engaging for anyone who admires good writing and enjoys a sensitive story about a youngster moving to America…”

For full review: http://pagosalibrary.org/11252015-2/

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