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(literally: Homeless Middle School Student) is an Japanese autobiographical novel by Hiroshi Tamura. The novel was published Wani Books on August 31, 2007 and is licensed in China by Shanghai Translation Publishing House and in Korea by Cine21. The novel was adapted into a two-volume manga by Yoshimoto Books, an elementary student's novel, two television specials by Fuji TV, another novel by Hiroshi's brother and a parody film by Hideo Jōjō. The novel was ranked first in the first half of 2008 on the Oricon charts. Teppei Koike was awarded the Newcomer of the Year award in 2008 at the 32nd Japan Academy Prize. ==Development== Tamura credits the success of his novel to his ‘admittedly poor literary skills’, for as a 28-year-old he was able to write like an eighth grader.〔 The simple language, excessive use of exclamations, bold type and cartoon drawings are reminiscent of an adolescent’s diary in the days before blogs.〔 Freedman claims that the success of ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' was due to writing in a similar style to ''Homeless''.〔 Freedman comments on ''Homeless'' use of cross-media marketing pioneered by ''Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World''.〔 She notes that "all versions of ''Homeless Junior High School Student'' use Osaka dialect, and almost every artist and actor involved was from Osaka."〔 The children's book was marketed through the use of the ''obi strip'' as being "full of affection for parents", framing the "importance of home and family" in homeless narratives.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Homeless Student」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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