Orchards

The old script might say being a ‘mean girl’ might be a right of passage of teenage life.. However, should this really be the case? Kana Goldberg, a half Japanese, half Jewish American girl is a member of a group of girls who feels responsible for the suicide of a girl in their class. This book explores bullying and the harmful consequences of bullying, especially when things go too far. Watch as Kana introspects and reflects on her own actions and those of her friends as she spends time in the orchards of a small town in Japan, her maternal hometown.