- Overview
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This book teaches children that understanding and caring for friends and family is the most important part of growing up.
- Book Intro
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Min-jae wants nothing more than to have his younger sister disappear because he feels that she stole his parents' love away from him. Hyeon-a shares a house with her ill grandmother, but she is brave and studious. These two contrasting characters reflect two types of children. One is a reflection of today's children who are born into well-off families and never fully mature due to constant overprotection. The other is a reflection of children who independently find their own way through hardships.
The Gift That Grants Wishes tells the tale of how Min-jae, a selfish boy who appears to have everything, learns to sympathize with Hyeon-a, an underprivileged girl, and understands her secret wishes. Conflicts and the process of reconciliation are expressed vividly in this book, offering an insightful look into the psychology of the characters.
- About the Author
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Kim Sun Hee
In 2001, Kim Sunhee won the 7th Golden Goblin Award with her novel The Weather Slowly Clears Up after the Clouds. Kim Sunhee was born in 1964 in Anseong, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, and graduated from Seoul Institute of Arts with a degree in Creative Writing. Kim currently plans and writes books for children. Books Kim has written include 101 Scientific Common Senses Selected by Elementary School Students, 19 Black Eyes, I, A Scorpio Boy with Blood Type B, Chemical Detective, Find the Lost Genius, The Red, 19 Black Eyes, Grandma and the Barley Hump, and The Bakery of the Math Ghost.
