Abstract

Four good friends, Anri Ijima, Kazuma Ichii, Miho Satodate, and Hisakuni Maebata, have moved from the second year of junior high school to the third year. As they prepare to enter high school, they face a new obstacle in their pursuit of their dreams. Atsuko Asano's masterpiece novel Adolescence depicts the 15-year-olds growing up while being crushed by anxiety about the future and a new environment and troubled by the support of their irreplaceable friends and family.

Author’s Information

Atsuko Asano　　
Born in Okayama Prefecture in 1954. Winner of the Noma Children's Literature Award for "Battery," the Japan Children's Literature Association Award for "Battery 2," and the Shogakukan Children's Publishing Culture Award for the "Battery" series, and in 2011, the 18th Shimasei Love Literature Award for "Tamayura. His works cover a wide range of genres, from children's literature to general literature, historical novels, and sports novels (This data was published at the time this book was published.)