A review by miam
Namako: Sea Cucumber by Linda Watanabe McFerrin

4.0

Completely captures the feeling of being in Japan as an outsider-insider. Someone gave me this book when I was Ellen's age, about 10 or 11, and it was too much for me back then. I just remember reading the first couple of chapters and being horrified by some of the violent and sexual imagery that now seems pretty tame (even compared to later chapters). I almost gave the book away so many times but kept it for some reason--and now I'm glad I did.