Shadow of the Batgirl

Barbie 3-in-1

Love Lessons

My Especially Weird Week with Tess

Tokyo Dreaming

The Wolf Princess

The Many Masks of Andy Zhou

Just Right Jillian

Author Sarah Kuhn reinvents the modern fairy tale in this novel of a girl whose search for a storybook ending takes her to unexpected places in both her beloved LA neighborhood and her own guarded heart.

If Rika's life seems like the beginning of a familiar fairy tale--being an orphan with two bossy cousins and working away in her aunts' business--she would be the first to reject that foolish notion. After all, she loves her family (even if her cousins were named after Disney characters), and with her biracial background, amazing judo skills and red-hot temper, she doesn't quite fit the princess mold.

All that changes the instant she locks eyes with Grace Kimura, America's reigning rom-com sweetheart, during the Nikkei Week Festival. From there, Rika embarks on a madcap adventure of hope and happiness--searching for clues that Grace is her long-lost mother, exploring Little Tokyo's hidden treasures with cute actor Henry Chen, and maybe...finally finding a sense of belonging.

But fairy tales are fiction and the real world isn't so kind. Rika knows she's setting herself up for disappointment, because happy endings don't happen to girls like her. Should she walk away before she gets in even deeper, or let herself be swept away?

Discover Your Child's Next Read

Shadow of the Batgirl

Sarah Kuhn, Nicole Goux, 2020

Barbie 3-in-1

Sarah Kuhn, 2018

Love Lessons

Nick Sharratt, Jacqueline Wilson, 2005

My Especially Weird Week with Tess

Anna Woltz, 2013

Tokyo Dreaming

Emiko Jean, 2022

The Wolf Princess

Cathryn Constable, 2012

The Many Masks of Andy Zhou

Jack Cheng, 2023

Just Right Jillian

Nicole D. Collier, 2022