- Overview
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Yena's skill exchange adventure, the girl who wants to be good at everything!
- Book Intro
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(English) The Skill Exchange Will Start Shortly
On the day she fails her math exam, Yena accidentally discovers the Skill Exchange Center. Somewhat cold, the head of the center curiously says that people can exchange one of their skills for a skill of their choice. After much deliberation, Yena exchanges her jump roping skill, her most confident one, with mathematics skill. But her joy is short-lived, and Yena faces moments that require the skill she gave away.
Just before the skill exchange ruins her relationship with her best friend Minji, Yena discovers at the center that her skill scores have changed since the last measurement. Yena thought the skill she gave way was completely gone, but maybe this means she can get it back. Through Yena’s adventure with skill exchange, this story conveys the message that the skills children tend to ignore are just as valuable as skills for studying or sports, and ability is not something fixed but rather something that changes and grows.
- About the Author
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Lim Gun-Hee
(English) Lim Gun-Hee won the Grand Prize at the Children's Hill’s Children’s Novel Contest in 2009 and the New Writer's Award at the 2011 Blue Literature Awards. She strives to communicate with young readers with stories that make us laugh or cry with one another. Her books include We Deliver Conscience!, Again! Bok Byeongsu, Rookie Avenger, Ghost-Seeing Detective, Kong 1: Tell Me!, Thief’s Classroom, Forbidden Word Game, I Am Always Right!, Let Me Tell You About My Partner, and Beginner of Consolation.
Mae
(English) Mae studied art at Ark AC, a school for illustration. With the desire to tell stories from the heart, she worked in the writer communities Hantas and Sapa and self-published several comic books. She is the illustrator of The Seventh Yellow Bench and Spring Road Namdo, and the author-illustrator of Page Turned Today, My Frankenstein, and Roundabout.
