I Love You So Mochi

Books | Young Adult Fiction / Diversity & Multicultural

3.6

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Sarah Kuhn

Perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Kasie West, I Love You So Mochi is a delightfully sweet and irrepressibly funny novel from accomplished author Sarah Kuhn."As sweet and satisfying as actual mochi... a tender love story wrapped up in food, fashion, and family. I gobbled it up." -- Maurene Goo, author of The Way You Make Me Feel Kimi Nakamura loves a good fashion statement. She's obsessed with transforming everyday ephemera into Kimi Originals: bold outfits that make her and her friends feel like the Ultimate versions of themselves. But her mother disapproves, and when they get into an explosive fight, Kimi's entire future seems on the verge of falling apart. So when a surprise letter comes in the mail from Kimi's estranged grandparents, inviting her to Kyoto for spring break, she seizes the opportunity to get away from the disaster of her life. When she arrives in Japan, she's met with a culture both familiar and completely foreign to her. She loses herself in the city's outdoor markets, art installations, and cherry blossom festival -- and meets Akira, a cute aspiring med student who moonlights as a costumed mochi mascot. And what begins as a trip to escape her problems quickly becomes a way for Kimi to learn more about the mother she left behind, and to figure out where her own heart lies. In I Love You So Mochi, author Sarah Kuhn has penned a delightfully sweet and irrepressibly funny novel that will make you squee at the cute, cringe at the awkward, and show that sometimes you have to lose yourself in something you love to find your Ultimate self.

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Author

Sarah Kuhn

Pages

320

Publisher

Scholastic Canada

Published Date

2020-05-05

ISBN

1338608363 9781338608366

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"Ahh this was such a treat!! (*^▽^*) Kimi goes to Japan to stay with her grandparents while she’s trying to find herself. I felt like her search for herself and her true passion was very well done. I loved how supportive Kimi and Akira were of each other. They were adorable together. I have two complaints: 1) Kimi meets this guy and trusts this guy who she just meets. It’s amazing how he’s actually a decent kind person and near her age. Unrealistic but I suppose it was okay. 2) How is their Long distance relationship going to go? They only had like two sentences to talk about it, and even then it wouldn’t be much to work off of. I was truly sad when it ended. It was so fun. It makes me want to travel even more."

haven

"Just a fun novel to read, especially with the self discovery part of the book!"

Jonathan Kent

"Loved this book! So cute and fluffy ☺️! Definitely recommend. "

Lily

"4.5/5"

Sereen

"4.5*"

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Siya K.

"This book was positively adorable, though I would expect nothing less given the punny title. I was reminded anew that readers live a thousand lives; I couldn’t begin to explain how special this book was to me without going into excessive backstory, but let’s sum it up by saying I loved it. It brought me right back to Japan, and I’m so grateful I read this while the memories of my own travels are still wonderfully fresh in my mind. This also captured the complexities of Asian American identity and generational expectations in a clever way. At no point did I feel overwhelmed by it, but I was frequently reminded throughout my reading of how well this represents being Japanese American as I understand it in today’s day and age. While I do not identify culturally with Japan (I am too far removed), my grandmother is Nisei, and I saw bits of her story in this as well. This was really the perfect story for spring, and as we head into the next phase of the year and whatever else may come, I’ll remind myself of the boundless opportunities there are to recreate yourself, despite wherever you may have started. It’s a powerful story for young people, especially all those graduating!"

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Allie Peduto

"ITS AWSOME"

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Kaci Mishler

"Absolutely, its a simple book but it is very cute in ny opinion."