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 57 (2017)
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1 peopleThe Junior High Fledgling trilogy follows Narita Tetsuo, known as Tetsuo, as he moves from the end of elementary school into junior high. With humor and a lived-in Kansai voice, it traces his anxiety at entering a different school from his friends and the way club activities, the PR committee, and the school festival change how he sees his new world.
Even a hesitant boy can become a junior high student. This trilogy follows Tetsuo through a school life full of firsts.
394 pages
junior high school lifegrowing upfriendshipclub activitiesschool festivals