In this award-winning book from Japan, three young boys curious about death learn–and teach–some valuable lessons about life and friendship.

• ISBN: 9780374424619
• Published: 2005 , Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
• Themes: Coming of age, Death and dying, Friendship
• Descriptors: Asia, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Japan, Mildred L. Batchelder Award, Realistic Fiction
• No. of pages: 169