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 peopleAn, 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
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