Win AYUMI'S VIOLIN in our Christmas Readers Book Giveaway. Armed only with a violin, biracial Ayumi faces a new family in a new country. In 1959, after her mother dies, 12-year-old Ayumi is forced to leave her home in Japan to live with a father she's never met, a resentful half-sister, and a racist stepmother. Is she brave enough to go up against the school bullies and prove to her family that she's worthy of their love?