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Novel Children's Literature Newcomer Award ちょうへんじどうぶんがくしんじんしょう

Edition 23 (2024)

Children's literatureNovel

Winners

1 people
みずの瑞紀 みずの みずき honorable mention

Naoto was sexually abused during the summer of fifth grade, while another boy witnessed the sexual abuse of a classmate in his second year of junior high. Meeting with wounds neither has been able to voice, they confront pain that cannot simply disappear and the perpetrator's crime as they seek their own way forward.

A story of two boys left in darkness who search for their own sun and choose to face forward.

192 pages
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