Japan Juvenile Writers Association Award にほんじどうぶんげいかきょうかいしょう
Edition 20 (1996)
Children's Literature
Winners
2 peopleSixth-grader Asami learns that her mother has breast cancer and must be hospitalized, and she lives with the uncertainty that follows. Through her family and the people she meets at the hospital, this children's novel follows her as she confronts life, parting, and hope.
Amid a family's life shaken by illness, a girl finds hope in the words, "See you again."
205 pages
familyfacing illnesslife and partinghope