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Name Me Nobody
Yamanaka, Lois Ann
Jul 01, 2000
At 14, Emi-Lou Kaya feels like a “white whale,” and a “dorky Jap nobody,” in her middle school on Hawaii's Big Island. Her mother left her, but she's been raised by her tough, loving grandmother, and Emi-Lou's greatest support is her longtime best friend, Yvonne. Many young people will recognize the outsider story, the vicious name-calling (about body image, ethnicity, sexual orientation) as well as the elemental drama of friendship, betrayal and love.
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