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	14sai no Hondana Bookshelf of 14 years old - Literature Collection
	Shinchosha (2007.5) ISBN 978-4-10-130953-8 / 381pages / 580yen Cover Art/ Tasuro Kiuchi
	"The Brightest Roof in the Universe" is included in this Youth Novel Collection edited by Jiro Kitagami. Included Authors; Yasunari Kawabata, Naoya Shiga, Kaho Nahiki, Hiroyuki Itsuki, Shungiku Uchida, Toshiyuki Tajima, Ayako Miura, Teru Miyamoto, Eto Mori, Tomoso Nonaka and Hisashi Inoue

	Flagler no kaijyo tetsudo Flagler's Folly
	Shueisha (2006.9) ISBN 4-08-746080-0 / 340pages / 600yen Cover Art/ Tomoso Nonaka
	The overseas railroad "Flagler's Folly",  which connected Miami and Havana in 1930s, were forced to a tragic end in the historical Labor Day hurricane of 1935. But there are still remains --the memory of Japanese woman and her poor Cuban immigrant lover and their unrevealed secret inherited to her grandchild.

	Uchu de ichiban akarui yane The Brightest Roof in the Universe
	Kasokawa Shoten (2006.7) ISBN 4-04-381701-0 / 263pages / 580yen Cover Art/ Hisanori Yoshida
	A blase teenage girl Tsubame meets the mysterious witch-like old woman on an empty rooftop of a building where she tranquilize the tiny irritations of life. With a slowly budding friendship, Tsubame's ordinary days become filled with both painful and joyful episodes.

	Pan no naru umi, hi no mau sora The Sea of Pan, The Sky of Scarlet
	Shueisha (2004.10) ISBN 4-08-7477487 / 214pages / 480yen Cover Art/ Tomoso Nonaka
	Received the 11th SHOSETSU SUBARU Literature Award. "Well described the scenery and craze of the tropics, as well as the sound of the music, that is difficult to translate into words, was brilliantly expressed. (Seiko Tanabe, Author and Akutagawa Award winner)