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Japan Diary

"This is going to be the first diary I've written for years, and I don't really know how to start, so I'll start with what I'm doing right now. I'm packing six months' worth of stuff into a backpack. I've never been away from my family for more than two weeks before.

What will I want to wear when I arrive in Japan NEXT WEEK? ... I'll be in a different bedroom, living with a Japanese family, talking, eating and sleeping in Japanese."

Amy Deerson and Taro Nakagawa are exchanging lives for six months and they are taking their diaries with them.

Japan Diary is a novella for lower and middle secondary English classes in two parts exploring the personal journeys and cultural discoveries of two secondary students – one from Australia and one from Japan.

RRP: $15.95

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