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Halfway There: A Graphic Memoir of Self-Discovery
Christine Mari
Illustrator: Christine Mari
Ages: 14+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Little, Brown Ink/Little, Brown/Hachette
ISBN: 978-0-316-41665-8
Keywords: Biography/Memoir-Mental Health, Depression, Japanese Americans, Biracial
Christine, 19, struggles with her mental health from being bullied because she has a white American father and a Japanese mother. Can she make a fresh start in Tokyo? Expressive artwork in a muted palette.