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Nearly all Japanese girls in the early 1900s stopped going to school after sixth grade. But Misuzu was different. She got to stay in school until she was seventeen. Misuzu’s mother thought reading and education were very important. She had managed a bookstore ever since Misuzu’s father died when Misuzu was three years old.

Misuzu was a thoughtful child, and she had many questions: What does it feel like to be snow? What good is dirt? Where do stars go in the daytime?

Wonder

I wonder whythe rain that falls from black clouds shines like silver.

I wonder whythe silkworm that eats green mulberry leaves is so white.

I wonder whythe moonflower that no one tends blooms on its own.

I wonder whyeveryone I askabout these thingslaughs and says, “That’s just how it is.”