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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 people
大谷美和子 おおたに みわこ award

Sixth-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
Hamae Okamoto おかもと はまえ special award