Wandering Son Volume 5
by Shimura Takako (Author/Illustrator)
In the fourth volume of the acclaimed series about transgendered kids exploring their unfolding identities, we've reached a big event: the junior high school entrance ceremony. The boys wear black uniforms with stand-up collars based on mid-19th century European military uniforms and the girls wear navy blazers, tan skirts, and red ribbon neckties.
Enter our heroes: Nitori-kun is forced to wear a boy's uniform while Takatsuki-san has to wear a girl's! Yet one girl—Sarashia Chizuru—draws stares, whispers, and pointed fingers when the long-haired beauty arrives wearing a boy's uniform. Both Nitori-kun and Takatsuki-san are awed by the girl's courage, but Takatsuki-san is particularly vexed by their own faintheartedness. They envy more than a few other students who experience such liberty in wearing either uniform and ponder what it ultimately means about themselves. And so our protagonists set off on the journey to adolescence . . .
Enter our heroes: Nitori-kun is forced to wear a boy's uniform while Takatsuki-san has to wear a girl's! Yet one girl—Sarashia Chizuru—draws stares, whispers, and pointed fingers when the long-haired beauty arrives wearing a boy's uniform. Both Nitori-kun and Takatsuki-san are awed by the girl's courage, but Takatsuki-san is particularly vexed by their own faintheartedness. They envy more than a few other students who experience such liberty in wearing either uniform and ponder what it ultimately means about themselves. And so our protagonists set off on the journey to adolescence . . .
Wandering Son Series—Summary and Book Order
Series: Wandering SonReading level: 13+
Books in series: 8
Read in order? Yes
Next release: Finished
Tags: graphic novel illustrated realistic fiction culture school friendship
Print series book list
Books in series order
1. Wandering Son Volume 1 (2011)2. Wandering Son Volume 2 (2012)
3. Wandering Son Volume 3 (2012)
4. Wandering Son Volume 4 (2013)
5. Wandering Son Volume 5 (2013)
6. Wandering Son Volume 6 (2014)
7. Wandering Son Volume 7 (2014)
8. Wandering Son Volume 8 (2015)