The Friends Summary
Rosa Guy

The Friends Summary

Three slightly out of step twelve-year-old boys living in the suburbs of Tokyo in modern Japan try to divert their anxieties about taking school exams that will decide their future success by spending the summer spying on an old man in their neighborhood. They learn a great deal about themselves, their families and their own fears about death and the future as they make friends with this lonely, troubled fellow. At the end...

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