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Fae & Fairy Fiction

Crow Boy

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  • 1955 first published
  • 37 pages
  • 23 editions
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Tarō Yashima's Crow Boy (1955) is a fae fiction short story. The story is set in Japan. It deals with schools, Teasing, loneliness and Children.

39 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 23 editions.

It runs to roughly 37 pages — about 40 minutes of reading at an average pace.

About Crow Boy

A story of a strange, shy, small boy who is isolated by his differences from other children in a Japanese village school.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Subjects

  • Schools
  • Teasing
  • Loneliness
  • Children
  • Bashfulness in children
  • Crows
  • Ridicule
  • Jeugdboeken ; verhalen
  • Bashfulness
  • Social acceptance
  • Discrimination
  • School
  • Interpersonal relations
  • School stories
  • Senses and sensation
  • Literacy nook collection

Quick answers

Who wrote Crow Boy?

Crow Boy was written by Tarō Yashima and first published in 1955.

What genre is Crow Boy?

It is usually shelved as Fae & Fairy Fiction.

How long is Crow Boy?

The median edition has 37 pages, about about 40 minutes of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Crow Boy?

Readers who like it often enjoy The School for Good and Evil, Le Petit Prince and James and the Giant Peach.

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