A children’s novel about Sachiko, a girl whose family home has an unusually large garden for Tokyo. As the neglected garden is cared for, family memory, aging, and emotional recovery quietly connect.

The time spent tending a neglected garden lets a refreshing wind pass through Sachiko’s heart.

TENNGU (Tengu) was recorded as an honorable mention in the fifth Long Children's Literature Newcomer Award, rather than as the selected work.

Sirius is a children’s literature work by Mariko Nakamura. It received an honorable mention in the fifth Long Children’s Literature Newcomer Award in 2006, where the official winners list records this author and title together.

Mariko Nakamura’s Sirius is recorded as an honorable-mention work in the 2006 Long Children’s Literature Newcomer Award.