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  • Bibliography:
    21 Books
  • First Book:
    February 1979
  • Latest Book:
    July 2019
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Book List in Order: 21 titles



  • Our Family Isn’t Perfect, That’s For Sure! Now that Mom and Dad are divorced, my sister Sara and I have a lot of things to get used to: Dad’s new apartment, seeing him only on weekends, and worst of all, sharing him with his new girlfriend -...








  • Awkward and shy, sixteen-year-old Jason finds self-confidence and a new purpose in his lonely life when he answers a job ad and meets and befriends eighty-year-old Bertha Jane Fillmore and the young Vietnamese refugee girl who is staying with her....





  • Meeting girls and going to school and hanging out with friends shouldn't be that tough. But it is if you're fifteen and you're biracial and your name is Moonbeam and you live on a commune with your mother and a bunch of granola-munching, tie-dyed, to...



  • A grumpy old man and a shy young cat form an unlikely friendship at a Minnesota inn which provides its guests with a cat for the night. An engaging offbeat story made even funnier by Schneider's cheerful, cartoon-like illustrations.

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  • No duh! Not only are Jason's parents divorced--his mother acts like he has the plague and his father thinks shouting is the ultimate motivational tool--but his best friend has moved to California. It gets worse: his father decides to remarry and it t...



  • Eight-year-old Henry and his friend Oliver are having a fight. When Henry gets a time-out, he wishes Oliver would get one too -- for life. "I hate Oliver,” he says. "He’s my enemy. I’ll hate him forever.” The day takes a turn when Grampa...




  • Churchill, Manitoba is the polar bear capitol of the world. Every winter, tourists flock to the tiny town to watch the bears hunt and frolic on the frozen waters of the Hudson Bay. This year, though, the tourists are in for a big surprise...Winston!...



  • A 2009 NEXT GENERATION INDIE FICTION WINNER!

    After the death of her Japanese American mother, sixty-four-year-old Anne Kuroda Duppstadt finds the courage to confront the toxic legacy of her father, a famous artist and cruel narcissist. When a form...



  • Newly arrived from Kazakhstan, twelve-year-old Maya Alazova resents the way her mother babies her brother, but when she leaves her English Language Learner program for mainstream classes and has to deal with a boy, a bully, and conflict at home, she ...



  • Where did she come from? Molly Jane Fletcher was adopted. She's known it for as long as she can remember. It's not something that usually bothers her, but lately, it's all she can think about. Now Molly has a chance to find her birthmother--a chance ...



  • Rodney Suyama has two impossible dreams... to be a rap star and to go out with gorgeous Ivy Ramos. Set in the nineties at the dawn of rap, a witty and determined young man gets in touch with his past while taking control of his future in this romanti...



  • It's the first summer of her retirement and librarian Maggie Lewis is relishing the unfolding of sweet summer days on Vashon Island: walking on the beach, reading the classics, and kayaking. But in June when a sudden storm hits the island, Maggie's s...



  • The mice are miffed... "All creatures are endangered Not just polar bears " Nellie, Henrietta, Irene, Louise, and Emily embark on a quest across Canada to let people know climate change affects everyone...even mice Rebuffed at Parliament, Nellie us...






  • Dr. Albert Paugh is flunking retirement. After selling his Vashon Island veterinary practice, he soon finds himself not only lost without his work, but suddenly single. His efforts to carve out a new life, both as a bachelor and a retiree, only leave...



  • When Jake and Emma escape a Pacific Northwest sheepherding contest, little do they know they will find a place where they were always meant to be...

    A warm, funny story that shows competition is not for everyone, Jake and Emma's Island Getaw...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Jean Davies Okimoto has published 21 books.

Jean Davies Okimoto does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Jake and Emma's Island Getaway, was published in July 2019.

The first book by Jean Davies Okimoto, My Mother Is Not Married to My Father, was published in February 1979.

No. Jean Davies Okimoto does not write books in series.