![]() ![]() So when she receives an invitation from her childhood friend to leave her small town and tour art schools on the west coast, Kiko jumps at the opportunity in spite of the anxieties and fears that attempt to hold her back. ![]() ![]() With a mother who makes her feel unremarkable and a half-Japanese heritage she doesn’t quite understand, Kiko prefers to keep her head down, certain that once she makes it into her dream art school, Prism, her real life will begin.īut then Kiko doesn’t get into Prism, at the same time her abusive uncle moves back in with her family. Kiko Himura has always had a hard time saying exactly what she’s thinking. It had already been on my Amazon wish list for a while because I knew the author was going to be attending YALC, so I was happy when I had it as a birthday present instead! I’d seen it recommended by a few people, so I had high expectations… Starfish by Akemi Dawn Bowman was a present for my birthday from my friend Sophie. ![]() I’m currently writing this from a beach in Cornwall while on holiday, which I think is an apt location for a book called Starfish! (And I’m now posting this when I’m back home and it’s raining. ![]()
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