My Almost Flawless Tokyo Dream Life

Rachel Cohn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 136802114X ISBN 13: 9781368021142

Publisher: Disney-Hyperion, 2019

'I'm here to take you to live with your father. In Tokyo, Japan! Happy birthday!' In the Land of the Rising Sun, where high culture meets high kitsch, and fashion and technology are at the forefront of the First World's future, the foreign-born teen elite attend ICS - the International Collegiate School of Tokyo. Their accents are fluid. Their homes are ridiculously posh. Their sports games often involve a (private) plane trip to another country. They miss school because of jet lag and visa issues. When they get in trouble, they seek diplomatic immunity. Enter foster-kid-out-of-water Elle Zoellner, who, on her sixteenth birthday discovers that her long-lost father, Kenji Takahari, is actually a Japanese hotel mogul and wants her to come live with him. Elle jets off first class from Washington D.C. to Tokyo, which seems like a dream come true. Until she meets her enigmatic father, her way-too-fab aunt, and her hyper-critical grandmother, who seems to wish Elle didn't exist. In an effort to please her new family, Elle falls in with the Ex-Brats, a troupe of uber-cool international kids who spend money like it's air. But when she starts to like a boy named Ryuu, who's frozen out by the Brats and despised by her new family, her already tenuous living situation just might implode.

About the Author:

Rachel Cohn is the New York Times best-selling author of several young adult novels, including Gingerbread, Shrimp, Cupcake, and, with David Levithan, Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist and Dash and Lily's Book of Dares. Visit Rachel online at rachelcohn.com or on Twitter @rachelcohn.