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Endicott and Hugh's Latest Releases
Walter's Muse by Jean Davies Okimoto It’s the first summer of her retirement and librarian Maggie Lewis is relishing the unfolding of sweet summer days on Vashon Island: walking on the beach, reading the classics, and kayaking. But in June when a sudden storm hits the island, Maggie’s summer becomes about as peaceful as navigating whitewater. Not only does her wealthy sister arrive uninvited with a startling announcement, but Maggie finds herself entangled with her new Baker’s Beach neighbor, Walter Hathaway. A famous children’s author and recovering alcoholic, Walter has a history with Maggie they would each like to forget. Delightfully told with humor and insight, Walter’s Muse is a page turner for romantics, writers, and the young at heart at any age. “A joy to read!”
- Rayna Holtz, Librarian, KING COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM, ret.
“Brimming with wit and wisdom...a delightful celebration of mature love,
sure to enchant fans of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand!”
- Juli Morser BOOKS BY THE WAY
“Readers will connect with this warm story
of two lonely people finding each other late in life.”
- LIBRARY JOURNAL Available on:
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Talent Night by Jean Davies Okimoto
A humorous contemporary novel of a bi-racial teen and his search for identity. Talent Night is now an ebook available on Kindle.
"Rodney Suyama wants to be the first big-time Asian-American rapper. But his sis disses him and says Asian-Americans can't be rappers. Also, Rodney has a big thing for classmate Ivy Ramos, but there's a small problem: She's dating a not-so-nice football player. Talent Night is a talented work that shows straddling cultures is not easy." —Eve Becker, Chicago Tribune Molly by Any Other Name by Jean Davies Okimoto
A seventeen year old Asian adoptee searches for her birthmother in this classic adoption story, Molly by any Other Name, winner of the International Reading Association Readers Choice Award, is now an ebook available on Kindle.
"Skillfully and sensitively written—can make you laugh and cry at a single sitting." —Voice of Youth Advocates
 Maya and the Cotton Candy Boy by Jean Davies Okimoto ISBN: 978-0-9823167-4-0 (hardcover)
ISBN: 978-0-9823167-5-7 (paperback) Ages 9–14 • 204 pages
Newly arrived from Kazakhstan, Maya Alazova resents her little brother and the way her mother babies him. When the school moves her from the English Language Learner program to mainstream classes, the world of this pretty seventh grader turns upside down. Maya meets a boy who opens the floodgates to her heart, but she becomes the target of a jealous bully and the boy’s attention sets off a hurricane at home. But when Maya finds that her little brother can help with their new culture in ways their parents can’t, she discovers a bond she didn’t know existed. “Okimoto explores the world of kids in middle school years—fitting in, dealing with ‘old fashioned’ parents, dating, and attachment to one’s home—with laser-like clarity and a huge dose of tenderness. This book will leave students saying, ‘Hey, that is exactly me!’”
– Dan Coles, Literacy Manager, Seattle Public Schools
“In this illuminating, beautifully told story, an immigrant teen and her Kazakh family struggle to cope with poverty, long hours of menial labor, school bullies, American permissiveness, and the clash of Kazakh and U.S. family morés. Plucky Maya and her family pay with hard labor and heartaches for the chance to live the American dream.”
– Rayna Holtz, Teen Services, Literacy/ESL Librarian King County Library System
“I really identified with Maya and her struggles with her role at school, her parents’ rules, and her desire to feel like she is good at something. These issues come up again and again in childhood, and especially in middle school. It is definitely a book I’d recommend to any student at that stage in life.”
– Jenni Wilke, Owner, Books by the Way
“Okimoto creates a realistic scenario with warmly drawn characters...a great book and very needed in this time of new prejudices against people from other cultures.”
– CJ Bott, President Elect 2011, Assembly of Literature for Adolescents of NCTE, Author of The Bully in the Book and in the Classroom and More Bullies in More Books Available on: Barnes and Noble (PB & HB)
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The Love Ceiling by Jean Davies Okimoto ISBN 978-0-9823167-3-3 > More information on The Love Ceiling
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| Praise for the Love Ceiling “ …wonderful, touching, funny. Jean Davies Okimoto writes with literary perfect pitch.” —Christiane Northrup, MD author and host of PBS television special Mother-Daughter Wisdom “A lovely book, full of wisdom and compassion. With keen insight, the author examines the problems of achieving fulfillment as both a woman and an artist.” —Barbara G. Walker author of The Women’s Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets | | About the Author Jean Davies Okimoto is an author and playwright whose books and short stories have been translated into Japanese, Italian, Chinese, German and Hebrew. She is the recipient of numerous awards including Smithsonian Notable Book, the American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults, the Washington Governor’s Award and the International Reading Association Readers Choice Award. A member of PEN, she lives on an island in Puget Sound. | |
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