The Little Girl Who Returned to the Star
by Akiko Sueyoshi
Mamiko's working mother often returns home late. On her twelfth birthday Mamiko receives one of her mother's old coats as a present. In a pocket she finds a bus ticket. Thus begins an adventure in which she travels back in time to meet her mother as a young woman and learn about a tragic incident that shaped her life.
Award
1978 JAPANESE ASSOCIATION OF WRITERS FOR CHILDREN NEW COMER PRIZE
1976 JAPAN JUVENILE WRITERS ASSOCIATION NEWCOMER PRIZE
20 x 14 cm, 270 pages, Black-and-white illustrations
First published March 1977
Rights sold: Korea
