Kami Mushima No Ura (Shogakukan Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Makiya Fukatsu returned to Kannashi Island, a remote island off the coast of Kagoshima, for the first time in twenty years and took a job as a substitute teacher. The islanders welcomed Fukatsu, but Ura, a fourth-grade boy said to possess the ability to see through people s true nature, was the only one who didn t show up. Wondering how others see him, memories of when he left the island at the age of twelve come flooding back . A school with a total of twelve students, including local children and those participating in an island study program" due to reasons such as school refusal or parental abuse. This moving novel about care on a remote island depicts the emotional liberation of children growing up under the watchful eye of Ura, the island s deity, amidst a harsh yet bountiful natural environment, as well as adults grappling with family circumstances and trauma.

槇屋深津は、二十年ぶりに鹿児島の離島・神無島へ帰り、臨時教諭になった。島の人たちは深津を歓迎するが、人の善悪を見抜く力を持つという小学四年生の少年・宇良だけ現れなかった。自分はどんなふうに見られているのか、島を離れた十二歳の頃の記憶が蘇る―。地元の子どもと、不登校や親の虐待などの理由で「島留学」する子ども、全校生徒十二名の学校。厳しくも豊かな自然と、島の神・ウラに見守られながら成長する子どもたちと、家庭の事情やトラウマを抱えた大人たちの心の解放を描く感動の離島ケア小説。