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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 35 (2011)

Children's Literature

Winners

1 people
大塚篤子 おおつか あつこ award

An, a fifth grader, begins attending a junior tennis club and enjoys her days. When her beloved grandfather develops dementia and gradually changes, she struggles with confusion and comes to see the bonds of family anew.

Facing a grandfather who is forgetting, a girl thinks about what binds her to those she loves.

224 pages
dementiagrandfather and grandchildfamilytennischildren’s literature