Our Study Trip Our Secret School Festival (Our Detective Team IV)

Author: [Japan] Munehiro Suto
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Publish Date: 2005-12-01
Features: The mystery youth novel series Our Detective Club by the renowned Japanese young adult author Munehiro Suto, published by Japan Kadokawa Shoten since 1985, has remained popular for over two decades and was even adapted into a film. The novel follows various mysterious events that occur around the characters Yousuke, Aihara, and others over three years, from their first to third year of junior high school. Written twenty years ago, the novel lacks the contemporary elements of the internet and gaming, yet the author keenly captures the conflicts between young people as they enter society. Even today, the same worries lie beneath the surface of different youth lives. This book is part of the series, including Our Study Trip and Our Secret School Festival, and is suitable for a broad young adult readership.
Our Study Trip
Yousuke and his friends have entered their third year of junior high, and everyone is tense about the upcoming college entrance exams. However, faced with the dull "study trip" organized by the school, Yousuke and his friends decide to hold a "summer tutoring class" under the guise of studying at Lake Hotohiki during the summer vacation. Then, they will seize the opportunity for Our Study Trip. Yet, the gang that suffered a setback in Our C Plan has secretly targeted them. As everyone enjoys the fireworks by Lake Hotohiki, Yousuke and his friends are kidnapped! Faced with enemies threatening to kill them, how will they save themselves?