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Noma Children's Literature Newcomer Award のまじどうぶんげいしんじんしょう

Edition 29 (1991)

Children's literature

Winners

2 people
大谷美和子 おおたに みわこ award

A children’s novel about Hikaru, a boy with severe autism, and his sister Miki, who begins to perceive the brightness of his world.

Even a wordless world holds a brightness only Hikaru can see.

211 pages
children’s literaturefamilyautismsiblings
中澤晶子 なかざわ あきこ award

A children’s novel set in a large station, where a school-averse child encounters strange doors into memory, farewell, and reunion.

Passing through the station door begins a journey linking past and present.

206 pages
children’s literaturestationtimepostwar memory