Here’s the summary from Amazon…
Generation Misfits by Akemi Dawn Bowman is a heartwarming, fish-out-of-water own voices story about an eleven-year-old Japanese-American girl who finds her true friends―through the power of J-Pop!
Millie is attending a real school for the first time, and she dreams of finally having friends and a little bit of freedom. She finds her chance when she joins an imitation band of her favorite J-Pop group, where she's thrilled to meet a group of misfits who quickly become a tightknit group of friends that are like family.
But Millie soon realizes that one of them is dealing with problems bigger than what notes to hit when it comes time for their performance. Can Millie help her friend, even when their problem feels too big to say out loud?
Generation Misfits by Akemi Dawn Bowman was published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux in 2021. I read an e-book from my local library.
Additional Resources:
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I was definitely a misfit at school and would have liked a book like this when I was growing up. It sounds like a great one for kids now who also feel like they don't fit in. Awesome that you learned about it at a SCBWI conference.
ReplyDeleteYou have me intrigued by the MC and plot. I can see this having a lot of appeal for MG readers. Thanks for featuring on MMGM!
ReplyDeleteCouldn't figure how to reply -- hope this is right. Like Natalie, I was a misfit in school, so I'd find this an interesting read. Wish there were books around like this when I was in junior high. Thanks for introducing it today! Great choice.
ReplyDeleteI would have loved this in junior high! I founded our "misfits" club.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like such a sweet story! I love how the main characters bond over J-pop and then figure out how to grapple with some tougher issues. And it's neat to see a protagonist making the shift from homeschool to public school! Thanks so much for the great review!
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine how hard it would be to go to a regular school after being home-schooled, but doing it in middle-school is brutal. Heack, middle-school is brutal. This sounds like a great book. I will try to check it out. Thanks for telling me about it.
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