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| Title |
The friends / Kazumi Yumoto ;translated by Cathy Hirano. |
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| Imprint |
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997. |
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| Edition |
1st American ed. |
| Description |
169 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Note |
"Originally published in Japan under the title: Natsu no niwa by Fukutake Publishing Co., Ltd., 1992"--T.p. verso. |
| Indexed In: |
Accelerated Reader |
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Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books |
| Summary |
Curious about death, three sixth-grade boys decide to spy on an old man waiting for him to die, but they end up becoming his friends. |
| Subject |
Friendship -- Fiction.
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Old age -- Fiction.
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Death -- Fiction.
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Japan -- Fiction.
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| Added Author |
Hirano, Cathy.
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| ISBN |
0374324603 $18.50 |
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