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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 47 (2023)

Children's Literature

Winners

1 people
歌代朔 うたしろ さく award

A story of Suzune and Chiaki as they face their final summer of middle school during the COVID-19 pandemic. With a volleyball tournament and an art exhibition both cancelled, they work through disappointment and frustration while searching for their own forms of expression and a path forward.

In a final middle-school summer seemingly painted over in black, two students try to leave a mark of their own.

333 pages
COVID-19 pandemicmiddle schoolclub activitiesartfriendshipfuture choices