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Japan Children’s Literature Association Award にほんじどうぶんがくしゃきょうかいしょう

Edition 24 (1984)

Creative WorksCriticism and Research

Winners

1 people
Kakuko Sasaki ささき あきこ award

A children’s novel about children in the years shortly after the war. Through school life and family atmosphere, it observes classmates’ relationships, growth, and the shadow of the times.

Postwar time emerges through the children gathered in one classroom.

276 pages
children’s literaturepostwar Japanschoolfriendshipcoming of age