Chi-obaa and Friends

A graded reader for learners of English (EFL). Level 4 - B1/B2 Intermediate (2) Word count: 8,866 Nakashige-cho is a very small town in Western Japan, but there's always something happening there. There are two stories from Nakashige-cho in this book. Hatsuko is very puzzled. Every day, she puts flowers in front of a small shrine in memory of her daughter, but recently the flowers disappear. Who is taking them and why? Hatsuko asks Chi-obaa to find out. Together they solve the mystery and make sure it won't happen again. A sixty-year-old secret forces Chi-obaa and her closest friends to travel to Tokyo. They meet some surprising people from the past. Somehow, they must find a way to balance old memories and modern life.