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July 26, 2013 | Blog |  3 Comments

Book Giveaway: Gadget Girl

By Blog Editor

Literary Mama Fiction Editor Suzanne Kamata is giving away one copy of her new book, Gadget Girl.

From the press release:

Aiko Cassidy is fourteen 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 sculptures that have made her mother famous and have put food on the table. Aiko works hard on her own dream of becoming a great manga artist with a secret identity. When Aiko’s mother invites her to Paris for a major exhibition of her work, Aiko at first 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. And a side trip to Lourdes, ridiculous as it seems to her, might just change her life.

“Gadget Girl is like a Japanese garden whose beauty reveals itself little by little. And the more attentive you are, the greater the beauty revealed. Aiko’s journey toward acceptance of her uniqueness, which includes that which the world deems imperfect, is told with subtlety and humor. You are going to enjoy reading this book.”

– Francisco X. Stork, author of MARCELO IN THE REAL WORLD

Gadget Girl began as a novella published in Cicada. The story won the SCBWI Magazine Merit Award in Fiction and was included in an anthology of the best stories published in Cicada over the past ten years.

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Leave a comment and your email address at the end of this post, and you’ll be entered in her random drawing. Or, if you prefer, send your comment via email to lmblogcontact (at) literarymama (dot) com. Entry deadline: July 31st.

Tagged: Reading

3 replies on “Book Giveaway: Gadget Girl”

Maria Naitosays:
July 27, 2013 at 8:41 am

I have heard how good this book is. Fingers crossed.

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Elizabethsays:
July 29, 2013 at 7:35 am

Sounds intriguing, and I love the book cover!

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Tamara A.says:
July 29, 2013 at 12:24 pm

This book sounds great. I love reading about anything set in Paris :)

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