Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids

by Kenzaburo Oe

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Set in 2 places · 2 primary

Sense of Place

4/5

Set in

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Japan · Japan
WWII Japan; reformatory boys evacuated to a remote mountain village abandoned during a plague
★ primary
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Shikoku · Japan
remote mountain village, wartime reformatory boys
★ primary

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