Everything you need to understand or teach Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami.
Tsukuru Tazaki had four very close friends while he was in high school. There were two boys named Oumi and Akamatsu, and two girls named Shirone and Kurono. Their nicknames were Ao, Aka, Shiro, and Kuro. Each had a color in their name and Tsukuru was the only member of the group who didn't. He felt this was significant and that he was really the only member of the group who...