![]() The clean illustrations in soothing browns and blues convey the characters’ intense emotions. To Kiku’s dismay, the fog continues to transport her, eventually dropping her down next door to Ernestina’s family in a World War II Japanese American internment camp. The gifted musician is Ernestina Teranishi, who Kiku later confirms is her late grandmother. While waiting for her mother, who goes inside to explore the mall now standing there, a mysterious fog envelops Kiku and displaces her to a theater in the past where a girl is playing the violin. While on a trip with her mother to San Francisco from their Seattle home, they search for her grandmother’s childhood home. ![]() Sixteen-year-old Kiku, who is Japanese and white, only knows bits and pieces of her family history. Time travel brings a girl closer to someone she’s never known. ![]()
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