Noma Children's Literature Newcomer Award のまじどうぶんげいしんじんしょう
Edition 33 (1995)
Children's literature
Winners
1 peopleYoko, a junior-high-school student, and her younger brother Rin look out over their town from a rooftop at night and feel like orphans adrift in space. Carrying loneliness and complicated feelings about their family, they slip away from home for a small adventure through the nighttime city.
They knew that in the hardest moments, everyone is alone.
206 pages
siblingslonelinessfamilyindependencenighttime adventure