01529cam a2200397 i 4500 57855648 TxAuBib 20100101120000.0 960214s1996||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 96011134 9780374324605 0374324603 (OCoLC)34358008 TxAuBib rda eng jpn Yumoto, Kazumi. Natsu no niwa. English. The Friends / Kazumi Yumoto ; translated by Cathy Hirano. 1st American ed. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1996. 169 p. ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Originally published in Japan under the title: Natsu no niwa by Fukutake Publishing Co., Ltd., 1992"--T.p. verso. Award Winners-Mildred Batchelder Award/Honor Book; Award Winners-Boston Globe/Horn Book Award/Honors; Award Winners-ALA Notable/Best Books. 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. 20100101. Friendship Fiction. Old age Fiction. Death Fiction. Japan Fiction. Hirano, Cathy. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol055/96011134.html Publisher description TXRHP