Collection
Description
A touching novel about a first-year elementary school teacher and her tough class of outcasts, and the eventual reward for her belief in them. A call to action and plea to reach out to children in need, this is every Japanese schoolteacher's favourite - now available in English for the first time!
Publication
Vertical (2005), 200 pages
User reviews
LibraryThing member taramatchi
I would give this more like 3 1/2 stars if that were possible. It is a story about a young teacher in Japan as she struggles with reaching 2 students with disabilities and injustices of the society. It is almost a coming of age for the teacher.
She learns that for her one student (most likely
I liked the book until the end, where the ending including the epiloge, felt unresolved.
She learns that for her one student (most likely
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autism or Asperger's) that she has to reach him through his special interest, flies. Through flies, she teaches him to write and draw. Through experiments that she encourages he gains more knowledge that he shares and uses to help others. Through another student with more severe disabilities she teaches her class and society that everyone deserves a chance and that everyone must support each other vs. try to remove others because they take more time or resources. I liked the book until the end, where the ending including the epiloge, felt unresolved.
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Language
Original language
Japanese
Physical description
200 p.; 5.38 inches
ISBN
1932234217 / 9781932234213