This is a fiction story, but with real actual people in it. It's about a girl named Maryse which is me... that got accepted to Rotary, (Rotary is a group that helps you got to a place you want to go) I got to go to Japan for a year. I am allowed to stay there for a year or even longer if my grades are good then I get to stay there for college on my own. But first I have to keep up with my last year in high school in Japan and my host family, the family I will be staying with until the end. But will I survive in a new environment and continue living in Japan????