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Tsubota Joji Literary Award つぼたじょうじぶんがくしょう

Edition 35 (2019)

Literature

Winners

1 people
Rie Muranaka むらなか りえ award

A children's novel about Eri, a fourth grader who moves from Yokohama to Yamaguchi and begins tending a small field at her grandfather's suggestion. Through letters to her friend Emi, the story portrays discoveries in nature and the emotional strain surrounding bullying at school.

Letters from a small field reconnect the vitality of nature with a child's care for a friend.

215 pages
children's literaturelettersnature observationmoving schoolsbullying