The Good Earth
by Pearl S. Buck | 
Peony
by Pearl S. Buck | 
Dragon Seed
by Pearl S. Buck | 
The Commoner
by John Burnham Schwartz | 
Cloud of Sparrows
by Takashi Matsuoka | 
The Teahouse Fire
by Ellis Avery | 
Taiko
by Eiji Yoshikawa | 
Of Nightingales That Weep
by Katherine Paterson | 
The Master Puppeteer
by Katherine Paterson | 
The Woman in the White Kimono
by Ana Johns | 
The Scent of Sake
by Joyce Lebra | 
The Tale of Murasaki
by Liza Dalby | 
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
by Eleanor Coerr | 
Pavilion of Women
by Pearl S. Buck | 
Imperial Woman
by Pearl S. Buck | 
The Tokaido Road
by Lucia St. Clair Robson |
The Sign of the Chrysanthemum
by Katherine Paterson | 
Autumn Bridge
by Takashi Matsuoka | 
The Pearl Diver
by Jeff Talarigo | 
Musashi
by Eiji Yoshikawa |
Kino lives on a farm on the side of a mountain in Japan. His friend, Jiya, lives in a fishing village below. Everyone, including Kino and Jiya, has heard of the big wave. No one suspects it will wipe out the whole village and Jiya's family, too. As Jiya struggles to overcome his sorrow, he understands it is in the presence of danger that one learns to be brave, and to appreciate how wonderful life can be.