An adventurous mystery features a cast of odd characters, messages from the dead, and a dangerous secret that needs to be solved, written in collaboration by a diverse cast of celebrated authors, including Gregory Maguire and Nick Hornby.

A New York Times BestsellerIn Tokyo, sixteen-year-old Nao has decided there's only one escape from her aching loneliness and her classmates' bullying. But before she ends it , Nao plans to document the life of her great grandmother, a Buddhist nun who's lived more than a century. A diary is Nao's only solace. Across the Pacific Ruth, a novelist living on a remote island discovers artifacts washed ashore in a Hello Kitty lunchbox and is pulled into Nao's drama and her unknown fate.