Mina’s Matchbox by Yoko Agawa
Annie Riedel Annie Riedel

Mina’s Matchbox by Yoko Agawa

It's 1972. April. Thirteen-year-old Tomoko has just arrived at her aunt and uncle's house in the mountains outside of Ashiya, Japan. Their daughter, Mina, is twelve, severely asthmatic, and rides a pygmy hippopotamus named Pochiko to school every day.

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June Reads
Annie Riedel Annie Riedel

June Reads

I didn't mean to spend my summer reading about grief, but the two books I read in June happen to follow grieving protagonists. Not to spoil July’s reading list, but the theme continues.

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