num_pages: 214
description: "Lyrical...A beautifully written book about a bitterly painful coming of age."THE KIRKUS REVIEWSYuki Okuda knows her mother would be proud of her grades and her achievements in sports if she were alive. But she committed suicide. And Yuki has to learn how to live with a father who doesn't seem to love her and a stepmother who treats her badly. Most important, she has to learn how to live with a twelve-year-old Japanese girl growing up alone, trying to make sense of a tragedy that makes no sense at all....
language: English
title: Shizuko's Daughter
titlecomplete: Shizuko's Daughter
genres: Asian Literature, Teen, Childrens, Japan, Young Adult, Japanese Literature, School, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 950
awards: awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Elizabeth Burr / Worzalla Award
publisher: Fawcett