In this final volume, Kokoro finds out that she isn’t pregnant after all. Kippei asks her to live with him at his family’s house. His family welcomes her with open arms. When Kippei finds a photo of mother in the trash, he is surprised. He asks Yuzu why it was in the trash, but she can’t remember. In fact, she can’t remember her mother at all! Her birthday arrives, and her mother comes for her. Now Kippei has to face his toughest challenge yet: saying goodbye to the little girl he took care of like a daughter. I loved this last book, but the ending killed it. It could have ended better.
–submitted by Deyanna D. (age 15, grade 10)
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Kippei meets a new student in his class who takes care of her younger sister Aya as he takes care of Yuzuyu. Unfortunately, Aya and Yuzuyu overhear a complaint by Aya’s sister about having to take care of a small child. Kippei starts helping out Aya and her sister, but that pulls him further and further away from Kokoro. Especially since Kokoro needs him the most right now. Meanwhile, Kippei’s older sister explains to him that she cannot have children, and she cannot understand their aunt’s reasoning to leave Yuzuyu. She decides to go and search for their missing aunt. Kippei and Yuzu catch Aya’s cold and stay home for the day. Yuzuyu admits to Kippei that she doesn’t want to say goodbye when her mom comes for her. This volume annoyed me a bit because Aya’s sister dispises caring for her sister, who just wants to be with their mother more often.
–submitted by Deyanna D. (age 15, grade 10)
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Kippei finds out from Kokoro about the other boy during a school trip and warns him to stay away from Kokoro. Meanwhile, Kippei’s younger brother Satsuki has to take care of Yuzuyu while Kippei is gone. He learns in those three days to tolerate children and ends up with a girlfriend. After Kippei comes back, everything starts to return to normal. But after a few weeks, Yuzuyu gets overly attached to a set of pajamas that her mother made her. They are too small though and Kippei accidentally rips them. She refuses to wear any other set. Kippei’s family then meets Kokoro. This volume annoyed me a bit. Yuzuyu was acting like a complete brat over her pajamas. Kippei didn’t tell her straight, but his sister did and she felt bad after.
–submitted by Deyanna D. (age 15, grade 10)
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Yuzuyu’s distant relative, a fourteen-year-old named Miki, comes to take Yuzuyu from Kippei’s family. Kippei attempts to stop her, but Miki pulls out a knife and threatens Yuzuyu! Kippei ends up being pulled into a bad situation between this dangerous girl and her personal problems with her family and school. After, Kippei’s girlfriend Kokoro is asked out by a boy from another class. She tells him she already has someone, but he forces himself on her, as a result making her afraid of Kippei touching her. I enjoyed this volume because the author, Yoko Maki, added a bit more of a dangerous character into the story. I can easy conect with Miki, becase we are a lot alike.
–submitted by Deyanna D. (age 15, grade 10)
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Aunt Miyako appears and Kippei discovers her after the workers at the daycare spot someone suspicious at the gate. He questions her if she’s come to take back Yuzuyu, but she says no. She explains to him that she hit Yuzuyu once, and that if she stays with her now, it will start all over again. She promises to find a job and when she finds a way to support herself and Yuzuyu, she will return to get her. After, Yuzuyu meets a boy in her daycare with some troubling bruises. It is revealed that his mother hits him to take out her anger about being isolated from everyone and her husband not having a job. Kippei confronts her at Parents day at Yuzuyu’s daycare. I didn’t like this volume as much. I began to hate Miyako as I read through this volume.
–submitted by Deyanna D. (age 15, grade 10)
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As Kippei takes care of Yuzuyu, he doesn’t realize that he has an admirer at school. A girl there hates Yuzuyu because she has all of Kippei’s attention. While he is sidetracked by a passerby on the way to pick up Yuzuyu, the girl goes to Yuzuyu’s daycare. She pushes Yuzuyu down and tries to hit her, but Kippei shows up just in time to stop her. She runs off and Kippei confused as to why she would bother Yuzu. He confronts her the next day and explains that he can’t return her feeling, and that Yuzuyu is important to him. I didn’t like this volume as much, only because this girl seemed too desperate to me.
–submitted by Deyanna D. (age 15, grade 10)
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Kippei is your everyday high school playboy. He spends his time chasing girls without thinking twice about their feelings. That all begins to change when his five-year-old-cousin, Yuzuyu, comes to live with his family after her mother’s disappearance. Kippei is unexpectedly put in charge of caring for her, and begins to realize that all girls were like his cousin once. I loved this book because unlike most of the books I’ve read, it takes the characters and puts them into a real life situation such as child care and school life.
–submitted by Deyanna D. (age 15, grade 10)
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seventeen magazine is a “fashion-forward” magazine with the occasional mentioning of celebrities.For example:this issue focuses on what type of bathing suit best fits your body.seventeen is known for it’s vogue tips,tricks and amazing knowledge of the century’s urban ensemles.If you haven’t noticed already,the latest fashion statements are come-backs from the early 50’s to the late 80’s.Most fashion magazines are following this trend,but not seventeen .This particular magazine is amping up their style and expirementing with new clothing and accessories.seventeen should definately be magazine of ‘09.
–submitted by Hannah N. (age 10, grade 6)
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This book was an adventure book in which three characters traveled to the center of the earth. Because no one has ever gone to the center of the earth, the author could make up whatever he wanted. Which I was reading this book, I enjoyed seeing how much the director of the Journey to the center of the earth movie varied from the original plot! Overall, this book was exciting and thought-provoking.
–submitted by Jordan W. (age 13, grade 9)
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I enjoyed this book because I have become attached to reading about the giltz and glam of new york City. When Sophie moves in from L.A., her and Whitney battle head to head with Laura stuck in the middle.
—submitted by Angelique L. (age 15, grade 10)
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