Tokyo Dreaming

By (author) Jean Emiko
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The sequel to the New York Time''s Bestselling Tokyo Ever After, a hilarious and heartfelt own voices YA that follows an American girl who discovers she''s the Crown Princess of Japan.
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Return to Tokyo for a royal wedding in Tokyo Dreaming, by Emiko Jean - the sequel to the Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller Tokyo Ever After.

When Japanese-American Izumi Tanaka learned her father was the Crown Prince of Japan, she became a princess overnight. Now, she’s overcome conniving cousins, salacious press, and an imperial scandal to finally find a place she belongs. She has a perfect bodyguard turned boyfriend. Her stinky dog, Tamagotchi, is living with her in Tokyo. Her parents have even rekindled their college romance and are engaged. A royal wedding is on the horizon! Izumi’s life is a Tokyo dream come true. Only . . .

The Imperial Household Council refuses to approve the marriage citing concerns about Izumi and her mother’s lack of pedigree. And on top of it all, her bodyguard turned boyfriend makes a shocking decision about their relationship. At the threat of everything falling apart, Izumi vows to do whatever it takes to help win over the council. Which means upping her newly acquired princess game.

But at what cost? Izumi will do anything to help her parents achieve their happily ever after, but what if playing the perfect princess means sacrificing her own? Will she find a way to forge her own path and follow her heart?

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A heartwarming and thrilling story about royal love.
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Fans of [Tokyo Ever After] will find much to enjoy in Princess Izumi''s continued struggles to fit into the highly conformist society of Japanese royalty. . . . Izumi''s wry wit and clear-eyed view of both the charms and drawbacks of life in Japan balance the fairy-tale romance.
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Readers will find themselves laughing and screaming out loud at the characters’ choices. . . . Buy this book for any collection
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A newly minted royal navigates her way between royal protocols and her own heart. . . . A solid sequel about a princess finding her voice
Biographical note
Emiko Jean is the author of Tokyo Ever After, which was a Reese Witherspoon YA pick and a NYT bestseller. She is also the author of Tokyo Dreaming, and an adult novel, Mika in Real Life. When she''s not writing, she is reading. Most of her friends are imaginary. Before she became a writer she was an entomologist (fancy name for bug catcher), a candle maker, a florist, and most recently a teacher. She lives in Washington with her husband and children (unruly twins). She loves the rain.
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The sequel to the New York Time''s Bestselling Tokyo Ever After, a hilarious and heartfelt own voices YA that follows an American girl who discovers she''s the Crown Princess of Japan.