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The Year of the Barbarian
By Elizabeth Ann Boyles
Sumi Taguchi, a samurai's daughter, eagerly anticipates the arrival of foreigners from the West, who will end Japan's centuries-long isolation from the world. Maybe these foreigners will bring answers to life's troublesome riddles. But to be free to meet these newcomers, she must first avoid a nightmarish betrothal and the fallout from her rash curiosity.
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