- Overview
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This book depicts adolescents who encounter a sudden death and parting, through which they grow, with delicate and vivid language.
- Book Intro
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Yumi, who is called troublemaker, is always alone at the school she has transferred to. The teacher who disrespects all the students forgets what to say while scolding Yumi. Attracted by Yumi, who courageously points out even to her teacher that she is wrong, Jaejun, who is timid and ordinary, wants to become friends with her. Toffee-nosed Yumi first snorts but hesitantly becomes his friend due to her loneliness. Comforting and supporting each other to get over the pain of breakup, they become good friends of the opposite sex that are better than a couple. But one day, Jaejun died all too soon in a motorcycle accident. What on earth does it mean to take an exam or eat when you have lost your best friend? Unable to accept the death of Jaejun, Yumi is beset by the pain in her heart. Then she receives the journal Jaejun left from Jaejun’s mother.
"I died one day. What does my death mean?"
The first page of the journal terrifies Yumi. But blessedly it is not that Jaejun committed suicide. As Yumi knows, Jaejun is not that kind of a kid. Reading his journal page by page to figure out the cause of his death, Yumi recalls him, not as her ‘boyfriend’ but sheer friend Jaejun, and their irreplaceable friendship, as well as her own wound of breakup and the vain unrequited love she felt for someone. I Died One Day depicts adolescents who encounter a sudden death and parting, through which they grow, with delicate and vivid language.
- About the Author
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Lee Gyeonghye
yeonghye include How is Simcheong a Devoted Daughter?, My Closest Friend in the World and Migaya, the Last Bat Princess. Books edited by Lee include The AhQ Story and Barideggi. Works translated by Lee include My Love Bbubbu and I Won’t Play with You Ever Again. Lee currently writes children’s stories and novels while translating various books for children.
- Award
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Kyobo Book Center Steady-seller for five consecutive years
- Recommendation
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Gyeonggi Office of Education, 2012, Recommended book
ChoongAng Ilbo, The Children’s book of the Year
Chosun Ilbo, The Children’s book of the Year
Reading Education Society Practice Council, Recommended book
Children Culture Promotion Association, Recommended book
Korean Publisher’s Association, The Book of the Month
Teachers Who Make Better World with Books, Recommended book
Gyeonggi-do School Librarian Council, Recommended book
Busan City Board of Education, Recommended book
Association for Research on Children’s Publications, Recommended book
