Botayama de asonda koro
By: Ishikawa Eriko saku, e.
Series: Nihon kessaku ehon shirīzu; Nihon kessaku ehon shirīzu
Publisher: Fukuinkan Shoten
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Tōkyō
Language: jpn
ISBN-13: 9784834080759
Subjects: Children of coal miners; Juvenile fiction; Friendship; Coal mine accidents
Description: A girl was born in a town of coal miners. Her father works at the mine. When she becomes a third grader in the elementary school, she makes a new friend, Keiko, whose father also works at the coal mine. One day, a big accident occurs at the mine, and many children at the school rush back home including Keiko. Keiko moves away and never returned to the school again.