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 peopleA 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