{"id":36470,"date":"2014-11-28T10:02:25","date_gmt":"2014-11-28T15:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=36470"},"modified":"2015-08-02T14:47:38","modified_gmt":"2015-08-02T18:47:38","slug":"wandering-son-vol-7-by-shimura-takako-translated-by-matt-thorn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wandering-son-vol-7-by-shimura-takako-translated-by-matt-thorn\/","title":{"rendered":"Wandering Son (vol. 7) by Shimura Takako, translated by Matt Thorn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/11\/Wandering-Son-71.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-36521\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2014\/11\/Wandering-Son-71-567x800.jpg\" alt=\"Wandering Son 7\" width=\"567\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>Here&#8217;s lucky number seven of this internationally lauded, gender-bender series starring two sensitive, searching middle schoolers navigating through the challenges of gender-fluid adolescence. To catch up, click <a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/series-wandering-son\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> \u2013 this is most definitely a multi-volume narrative that requires careful sequential attention.<\/p>\n<p>Shuichi, the boy who wants to be a girl, confronts his\u00a0first cosmetic hurdle: a pimple (oh, no!) on that surprised, perfect face,\u00a0right on the middle of his nose. Of course, it&#8217;s not nearly the eruption he thinks it is, but it&#8217;s enough to make him worry. When his older sister&#8217;s products don&#8217;t zap his zit, he asks her friend Anna for advice since\u00a0she&#8217;s a professional model. Surprisingly, their surface exchanges quickly develop into something more. Who woulda thunk it?!<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Yoshino\u00a0\u2013 the girl who wants to be a boy\u00a0\u2013\u00a0is facing her own dramas, ironically over someone else&#8217;s gender-bending\u00a0dramatic success. When she tries to compliment Saori for her work with Shuichi in the recent cultural festival, Saori&#8217;s reaction is unexpectedly bitter and dismissive. When Yoshino reveals to Saori that Shuichi has chosen Anna, Saori disappears from school and refuses to return.<\/p>\n<p>An upcoming class ski trip brings everyone back together in one place &#8230; but each of the maturing\u00a0friends and their continually evolving\u00a0relationships remain unpredictable, moving targets. Creator Shimura Takako\u00a0offers no obvious, easy answers: who&#8217;s who, who&#8217;s what, who&#8217;s with whom &#8230; all such adolescent mysteries remain\u00a0yet to be solved.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tidbit<\/strong>: Volume 8 hits shelves next spring, egads! For those of you who are without patience (I know not what that means, hahaha!), the anime version of the series is available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchyroll.com\/hourou-musuko-wandering-son\/wandering-son-introduction-568704\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Middle Grade, Young Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2014 (United States)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s lucky number seven of this internationally lauded, gender-bender series starring two sensitive, searching middle schoolers navigating through the challenges of gender-fluid adolescence. To catch up, click here \u2013 this is most definitely a multi-volume narrative that requires careful sequential attention. 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