A Moment in the Sun
Tory Gates
Fiction
by Tory Gates Sixteen-year-old Rei Murata appears to have everything: good looks, brains, artistic skill and admiring friends. But Rei is a survivor—of loss, neglect and of self-isolation. Locked away from...
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9781620066324
by Tory Gates
Sixteen-year-old Rei Murata appears to have everything: good looks, brains, artistic skill and admiring friends. But Rei is a survivor—of loss, neglect and of self-isolation. Locked away from a world where she felt unwanted, Rei was one of the millions known as the hikikomori.
A chance meeting leads Rei to discover the online world of the Dwellers. Astonished to find her former classmate Sho among their number, Rei is determined to rescue him. Rei learns she must come to terms with her past before she can face her future. For her peers, the barriers of class and society must fall, so they too can move forward.
No one is ever lost, Rei believes. She hopes to lead Sho, and the rest to their moment in the sun.
Page Count: 195
Trim Size: 6 x 9
Publish Date: February 26, 2016
Imprint: Brown Posey
Genre: Literary
FICTION / Young Adult / Contemporary
FICTION / Young Adult / Dystopian
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