- Overview
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It is a collection of short stories about the 7 serious issues (prostitution, gambling addiction, spy camera crime, bullying, stalking fandom, suicide, violence) of society youths face today.
- Book Intro
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Now is the time to have an honest conversation about the 7 issues that today’s youth are made to face but society refuses to acknowledge!
Prostitution, gambling addiction, hidden camera crimes are issues that you may think have little to do with young people, but many issues including these are what young adults are faced with. Rather than trying to find out why today’s youth must encounter such problems, society often tries to alienate such kids or brand them as criminals. <Seven Blind> is a collection of short stories about such ignored issues the youth today deal with. The project hopes to make society shift its focus to the very difficult issues of the youth generation.
1) Grooming: A short story about a predator grooming a victim for sexual assault, it sheds light on the issue of prostitution today’s youth are faced with.
2) Searching for Duo: A story that shows the process of how youths find themselves in the trap of gambling (difficult upbringing, extreme stress, impulsiveness) and talks about the dangers of addiction.
3) Five perhaps, already: This story exposes the indecent sexual notion adults in society hold towards underage youths and deals with hidden camera crimes targeting youths.
4) On tiptoe: The story speaks of the problem of bullying, as it follows Dami who learns how to overcome bullying.
5) I want to know everything about you: The story focuses on the so-called stalking fandom, as it follows a young girl whose life gets lost in the overly obsessive fandom culture.
6) The willow bench: The story helps readers understand youth suicide, and remind youths of the value of life.
7) The Do Gi-tae Coupon: The story illustrates how love and care can sometimes be transformed into violence. It conveys the lesson that verbal abuse is also a form of violence.
- 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.
Na Yoon-a
When Na Yoon-a was a third grade elementary student, she read an article about the famous writer Joan K. Rowling. From that moment, Na dreamed of becoming a writer. She likes reading about the things she has never experienced, and she would like to write various kinds of stories. She is particularly interested in teenagers' minds. She studied Counseling Psychology at university and currently works as a professional counselor for elementary students in addition to writing. She won the 3rd Life Literary Contest in 2010 for her short story Swallow the Peppermint Candy, and her other short story, A Young Lady's Olive, was selected at the Juvenile Digital Writer Contest in the same year. She has written A Pianist in a Construction Site and Hi, Nana.
Moon Bu-il
(English) Moon Bu-il children’s story won in the spring literary contest of Munhwa Ilbo, and his novel in Jeonbuk Ilbo. Moon is also the recipient of the MBC children’s story award and the Daesan Creative Writing Fund.
(Russian) Его сказки были выбраны лучшими газетой Мунхва Ильбо, а романы газетой Чонбук Ильбо, также он выиграл награду MBC Creative Works Awards и получил грант Фонда Daesan. Он опубликовал работы “Прощай, Нави”, “ДОБРО ПОЖАЛОВАТЬ, мой неправильный полицейский участок”, “Между плохим и образцовым”, “Мы живем в деревне Гощи”, “Рви, Джин” и “Мой первый урок написания романов для 10-го поколения”. “В настоящее время с удовольствием занимаюсь уроками по писательскому мастерству со школьниками”.
Park Ha-ryeong
(English) Born in Seoul, Park has majored in sociology in university. She left her job to focus her efforts on writing stories for the youth of today in hopes of offering a sense of comfort to them. She was the recipient of the 5th Salim young adult literature award in 2014.
(Japanese) パク·ハリョン
2010年「私はひねくれる！」が「KBSミニシリーズ公募展」に当選した。 新しい悪魔キャラクターを通じて選択の意味について質問する「必ず戻ってくる」で第10回飛龍沼ブルーフィクション賞を受賞し、障害者の両親と健常者の子どもの特別な家族の話を取り上げた「もがく」は「2020ソウル市今年の本」に選ばれるなど、様々な機関の推薦を受けた。
Shin Ji-young
Shin was born in Seoul in 1974 and debuted with her children’s poem in the spring literary contest of Gangwon Ilbo in 2008.
Yang Ho-moon
Yang Ho-moon was born in 1960 and graduated from the Department of Public Administration at Kangwon National University. He gained experience in life through various occupations such as working at a construction company, a steel structure production company, and an agricultural product distribution company, selling books, running a convenience store, and teaching at a private cram school. However, he couldn't give up his lifelong dream of becoming a writer. Persistently pursuing literature, Yang finally won the 2nd Heo Gyun Literary Award for his mid-length novel Paper Plane, launching his career as a writer. He won the 2nd Blue Fiction Award for Here Come the Losers!, written with the intent to tell the story of his son, a high school student.
- Recommendation
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A 2019 Morning Reading recommended book A 2018 School Library Journal recommended book
- Selection
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Selected for the 2018 Doggaebi Bookstore List
