- Overview
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- Book Intro
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In this book, there are children with secrets. Cha Dae Gi is afraid of revealing his nickname to his friends. Kang Yoon Seo is also worrying that people would find out the fact her parents got divorced due to her sister, a famous youtube creator. Dae Gi has to be famous not to be called by his nickname, and Yoon Seo has to be more silent to protect her family. These two children express how they really feel about everything to protect themselves. They don’t just follow the rules or stereotypes decided by others, but they think, speak up, and take actions what they really want. Through this process, readers can realize that they own their lives, and think of what they really are. Furthermore, these characters have shown that we all can be proud of ourselves and love ourselves more only when we accept just the way we are.
- About the Author
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Lee Geum Yi
(English) Lee debuted as a writer when her work in children’s literature was selected for the 1984 Sebut Literary Award. She is committed to writing stories that breathe warmth and light into the shadowed hearts of children. Her books include the children’s literary titles, Like a Wild Princess, One Night, You Are a Twilight Lily Also, the Bamti Village series, as well as the young adult fiction May I Go There?, Aloha, My Mothers, Eugene and Eugene, and Youth Epitaph. In 2020 she was selected as the Korean candidate for the Hans Christian Andersen Award, known widely as the Nobel prize in children’s literature.
(Japanese) 児童青少年文学作家。1990年代から2000年代にに続いた韓国児童文学の爆発的な成長と共に青少年文学の道を切り開く作品数十種を発表し、読者や評論家たちの心を魅了してきた。 特に、幼い読者からの要望で続々と続編が生まれた童話『バンティ村』3部作、長編童話『君もチョウセンカサユリだ』、本格的な青少年文学の出発点となった『ユジンとユジン』などが長年愛されている。これまでソチョン児童文学賞、ユン・ソクジュン文学賞、バン・ジョンファン文学賞などを受賞し、2020、2024年のハンス・クリスチャン・アンデルセン賞の韓国候補に公式指名された。
(Indonesian) Seorang penulis sastra untuk anak-anak dan remaja. Ia telah memikat hati para pembaca dan kritikus dengan menerbitkan banyak karya sastra yang mengakibatkan pertumbuhan pesat sastra anak-anak Korea, serta kelahiran dan perkembangan sastra remaja pada tahun 1990-an dan 2000-an. Trilogi dongeng "Desa Bamti," yang dibuat sekuel atas permintaan para pembaca anak, dongeng bersambung 『Kau pun Bunga Lili』, dan 『Yujin & Yujin』 yang telah menjadi titik utuh permulaan sastra remaja, pada khususnya selalu dicintai oleh anak-anak, para remaja, dan orang dewasa. Sementara itu, Ia menerima Penghargaan Sastra Anak Socheon di tahun 2007, Penghargaan Sastra Yoon Seokjung di tahun 2012, dan Penghargaan Sastra Bang Junghwan di tahun 2015, serta di tahun 2020 secara resmi dinominasikan sebagai kandidat perwakilan Korea Selatan untuk Penghargaan Hans Christian Andersen, sebuah anugrah bagi sastra anak dan remaja paling bergengsi di dunia.
Kim Jung Eun
Kim Jeongeun majored in illustration at university and received the 2010 Korea Andersen Award for Excellence in Art. She has done illustrations for many books including Summer Shines, Searching for Bright Future, A Faceless Commemorative Photo and My First Life Class: 17 Sympathetic Conversations with Dad.
