Botchan (Master Darling‪)‬

A classmate calls Botchan a chicken-heart, so he leaps from the second story. A friend doubts his penknife is sharp, so he tests it on his thumb.

In early twentieth-century Japan, Botchan leaves Tokyo for a teaching post in rural Matsuyama, carrying the same fearless temper that once landed him in trouble at home. His students are ready to play tricks, and his fellow teachers have their own games to play; Botchan, who would rather fight than flatter, may find that the hardest challenge is telling a prank from a plot. With his blunt honesty and a talent for leaping before he looks, can he make his way through a school where not everyone says what they mean?

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