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    Gadget Girl: The Art of Being Invisible
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    Gadget Girl: The Art of Being Invisible

    By Suzanne Kamata

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    Anna and the French Kiss meets Stoner & Spaz in a contemporary young adult coming-of-age novel about a girl, her struggles, and her art. Aiko Cassidy is fifteen and lives with her sculptor mother in a small Midwestern town. For most of her young life Aiko, who has cerebral palsy, has been her mother's muse. But now, she no longer wants to pose for the figures that have made her mother famous. Aiko works hard on her own dream, becoming a sought-after manga artist with a secret identity. When Aiko's mother invites her to Paris for a major exhibition of her work, Aiko resists. She'd much rather go to Japan, Manga Capital of the World, where she might be able to finally meet her father, the indigo farmer. When she gets to France, however, a hot waiter with a passion for manga and an interest in Aiko makes her wonder if being invisible is such a great thing after all.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGemmaMedia
    Release dateApr 20, 2013
    ISBN9781936846320
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    Gadget Girl: The Art of Being Invisible
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    Suzanne Kamata

    Award-winning author Suzanne Kamata was born and raised in the United States, but has lived in Japan for more than half of her life. Suzanne raised two kids and now lives with her husband in Aizumi, Japan.

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    • 4/5
      I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The story revolves around a teen with a disability who learns how to love herself for her vs. who she feels she should be all set with a mixed family setting, single parent setting, art, creativity, love and living life. For me this book hit home. I am not a teenager but I became disabled when I was in my early 20's. I also come from a single parent home and I dabble in the arts. To me, this book was a great inspiration.I do recommend this book for anyone with a disability as I think it would be more treasured for those of us with hardships. Someone in a previous review stated she was looking for a climax. I'd like to point out that learning to live life to one's fullest and being able to be yourself- despite one's disability- is the climax. Only those that have been through this will get this aspect, I think.
    • 4/5
      This book concerns a child of a Japanese father and American mother. The child is in her early teen years and is an avid comic book artist and story creator. She moves through a life with brain disorder which resulted from early birth problems with breathing. The adventures take her and her mother to Paris to an art show. The items in the show are her mother's sculptures of her daughter growing up. She at last meets her father and half-brother via Skype. A really good read.