Kin No Kaku Motsu Kodomo Tachi (Shueisha Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Shunsuke, who is in the sixth grade of elementary school, suddenly confides in his parents, "I want to quit soccer and go to cram school. Shunsuke suddenly confides in his parents that he wants to take the entrance exam for a junior high school, which is said to be the most difficult in Japan. His hearing-impaired younger sister, Mion, is about to enter elementary school, and the family budget is tight, but his parents decide to support their son's dream. Shunsuke begins attending cram school. However, he has a "secret" that he cannot tell anyone... People can change themselves by challenging themselves. This is a moving full-length novel about people struggling to open the way to the future.

「サッカーをやめて、塾に通いたい」小6になる俊介は、突然、両親にそう打ち明ける。日本最難関と言われる中学を受験したいのだ、と。難聴の妹・美音の小学校入学を控え、家計も厳しい中、息子の夢を応援することを両親は決意。俊介の塾通いが始まる。だが、彼には誰にも言えない“秘密”があって...。人は挑むことで自分を変えることができる。未来を切り開こうと奮闘する人々を描く、感動の長編小説。