It’s Grandpa Kuma!’ I shouted. He still looked like a big, fluffy bear to me. After Grandpa Kuma’s visit to her hometown of New York, Miko has travelled all the way to Japan to see him again. Grandpa Kuma wants Miko to try speaking Japanese, but although Miko has been practising, she is too shy to speak it. Until, that is, she finds herself lost in a big, strange city and she knows she must find her voice before it’s too late.

