In Japan during World War II a group of boys who are evacuated to the country take over a village when the inhabitants flee a plague. The novel describes the way the boys administer the village-breaking into homes for food, burying the dead, caring for the sick-and what happens when the villagers return. By the author of The Silent Cry.
| japanese title: | Memushiri kouchi |
| notes: | Japanese title: Memushiri kouchi |
| subjects: | Adventure stories Juvenile delinquents Teenage boys |
| genre: | Fiction |
| ISBN: | 9780714529974 |
| OCLC number: | 31517641 |
| publisher: | Grove Press, 1994, 1996; Marion Boyars, 1995 |
| publication place: | New York; London, New York |
| japanese publication date: | 1958 |
| english publication date: | 1994 |
| document type: | Book |
| description: | 189 p. ; 23 cm. |