A grieving middle-schooler travels from Vancouver to Japan to reconnect with his estranged father and half-brother, searching for what home means.
Owned
No reviews yet
Owned
A grieving middle-schooler travels from Vancouver to Japan to reconnect with his estranged father and half-brother, searching for what home means.
About
Details
After losing his mom in a fatal car crash, Kaede Hirano--now living with a grandfather who is more stranger than family--developed anger issues and spent his last year of middle school acting out. Best-friendless and critically in danger repeating the seventh grade, Kaede is given a summer assignment: write an essay about what home means to him, which will be even tougher now that he's on his way to Japan to reconnect with his estranged father and older half-brother. Still, if there's a chance K...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
AI
No romantic or sexual content depicted
Violence & gore
AI
Mother dies in a car crash off-page; anger-driven acting out
Profanity
AI
No evidence found in available sources
Substance use
AI
No evidence found in available sources
LGBTQ+ Rep.
AI
No evidence found in available sources
Religious content
AI
No evidence found in available sources
Magic & witchcraft
AI
No magic or witchcraft present
Occult / demonology
AI
No occult or demonic content present
Political content
AI
Light themes of cultural identity and belonging across Canada and Japan
Self-harm / suicide
AI
No evidence found in available sources
Abuse & suffering
AI
Central parental death and grief; family estrangement and emotional hardship
Other
AI
No information found