- Overview
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- Book Intro
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(English) The School During A Week
Have you ever imagined the school that changes every day?
On Monday, it rains at school all the time. Since the playground is wet, students cannot do gymnastics at the playground, but they can touch the clouds at roof top garden. Students have to wear sneakers to the school on Tuesday, which is like a giant gym. They have to climb the tree wall and pass through balance beam to enter their classrooms. And they also have to roll themselves to the blackboard to solve problems on it. On Wednesday, all the locks of the main gate, classroom doors, desk drawers, and even lunch boxes are closed. On Thursday, students go to school in the middle of the night when everyone sleeps. On Friday, there is a school, but also there is no school at the same time……., because children have to make their school on their own with hands. Will they be able to make it to build classrooms before the end of school year?
Schools in this book have their unique characteristics and own rules as well as unrevealed secrets, so it is a big fun to look at those schools while reading this book. The specific setting enough to make each episode as independent stories will lead readers into the fantastic world. Readers might think there could be schools like this somewhere else. What if I go to this school? What will happen? While asking and answering on their own, readers will look back on their ‘school’ which they used to think of as it is so far. Haven’t we all thought it was right and natural that all the classrooms in a rectangle shape have the same desks and chairs toward only one direction?
Children of ‘The School During A Week’ do something weird and make mistakes as other children in reality. However, they never get intimidated by their mistakes, and instead, decided their new challenges on their own. In that process, they realize that they can do more things than they thought of. The school in this book is not a perfect one. The fact that there is no school for everyone is somewhat similar to the realities of children reading this book, who cannot ‘choose’ their own school. However, the school in this book shows that the school of tomorrow can be different depending on who their friends are, who their teachers are, or what events happen. And this expectation that tomorrow would be different will be able to help children make their future different.
(Japanese) 週間の学校
月曜日の学校は、いつも雨が降っていて校庭で体育はできないけれど、屋上の庭園で雲に触ることができる。大きな体育館のような火曜日の学校は、必ず運動靴を履いていって、木の壁をよじ登ってから平均台を通らないと教室に入れない上に、黒板に書かれた問題を解くには、まず黒板の前まででんぐり返しをしなければならない。水曜日の学校は、校門から教室の扉、給食のお弁当のフタまですべてにカギがかけられていて、木曜日の学校はみんなが寝ている真夜中に登校しなければならない。金曜日の学校は、子どもたちが直接手作りしなければならない。はたして、学年が終わる前に教室を完成させることができるだろうか？この本に登場する学校は、それぞれ独特な個性や独自の規則、まだ明かされていない秘密を抱えている。
- About the Author
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Kim Hye Jin
(Japanese) 大学では政治外交学を専攻し、卒業と同時に執筆を始める。青少年小説『家に帰る23の方法』、『プルーストクラブ』、『壊れやすい壊れないもの』、『今日のやること作業室』、『夜を聞かせて』、『袋に入れなさい、心』、『耳を傾ける家』、『完璧なリンゴはない』、ファンタジー童話『完全な世界の物語』シリーズの『アロと完全な世界』、『杖競争』、『誰も知らない色』、『十二番目の国』などを書いた。
