- Overview
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A book that portrays the insecure mind of an adopted child and gently illuminates the lack she experiences.
- Book Intro
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(Japanese) 輝く影が
チャン・ピンナラは新たに転校した学校で気に入った友達をつくる。ピンナラ、ウンジェ、ユリの三銃士は秘密のノートを交換しそれぞれの内密な日常を共有し、特別な友情を築いていく。ピンナラはこの特別な関係を長く続けていくと誓う。そんなある日、学校で「胎夢」(妊娠を知らせる予知夢)を調べてくるという宿題を出される。ピンナラは養子であることから、自分の胎夢を知ることができず、もし秘密がバレたらと不安になる。以前の学校で養子縁組の事実が知られていじめられ、今の学校に転校してきたたからだ。結局、嘘の胎夢をでっち上げて書いたピンナラ。ところが宿題を発表する日、見知らぬ人物が登場する。それは転校生のホユンだった。なぜかホユンを見ていると、秘めた記憶である保育園時代のことをどんどん思い出す。ピンナラは秘密も友情も守ることができるのだろうか。
Jang Bitnara hits it off with the friends she has made in her new school. The three musketeers, Bitnara, Eunjae and Yuri, share a secret journal along with the inner-most details of their lives and build their special friendship. Bitnara is determined to continue this special relationship for a very long time. But one day, she gets a school assignment where she has to research her conception dream—a dream that a mother or close relative usually has about her baby before it is born. Since Bitnara was adopted, she does not know what her conception dream is, and is nervous that her secret might get out. She had been bullied in her previous school when the other kids had found out that she was adopted, which was why she had transferred to the current school. Eventually, Bitnara makes up her conception dream. But the day the students are to give the presentation, a new kid appears—Heo Yun. For some reason, when Bitnara looks at Heo Yun, she is reminded of her days at the orphanage, memories which she had kept tightly locked away. Heo Yun causes cracks in the relationship of the three musketeers and threatens Bitnara’s world. Will Bitnara be able to keep her secret and her friendship?
- About the Author
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Hwang Sunmi
(English) Hwang Sun-mi was born in Hongseong in South Chungcheong Province and studied creative writing at the Seoul Institute of the Arts as well as the Graduate School of Chung-Ang University. She is known for writing children's stories marked by a profound critical awareness and meticulous psychological descriptions which are characterized by a concise yet evocative writing style. She was nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2012 and named "Author of the Day" at the London International Book Fair in 2014. She also received the Korean Culture and Arts Award in 2017 and a Service Merit Medal from the Korean government in 2023. Some of her most notable books include The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly, The Foolish Letter, A Silver Net Into the Sea, A Magical Gift, Eunseo, Don't Be Afraid!, Blue Eyes Inside a Truck, Necklace Key, The Shining Shadow, and The Bad Boy Stickers. She plans to keep writing works that help show the beauty of walking one’s own path in life.
Lee Yoonhee
(English) Lee Yun-hee studied animation in college and has been working as an illustrator, drawing for magazines, short comics, and children’s books. She has written and illustrated Fall Wearing Glasses and Summer of Thirteen, and illustrated Dynamite, Secret Wish, and Dear Coco.
