- Overview
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This novel tells the story of a group of boys who awaken their youth through the winter sport of curling.
- Book Intro
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Cha Eul-ha is a beta boy with a younger figure skater sister affectionately known as The Next Yuna Kim. Eul-ha, who spends his days like a B-squad player who's more than willing to accept a life of sitting on the bench, is scouted to the curling team. Curling is a winter sport where the objective is to place stones in a target area using broom-like equipment. To form an eligible four-member team for an upcoming curling competition, the unlikely friends Seo In-yong, the skinny one, and Kang San, the fat one, attempt to convince Eul-ha to join. Together, the boys learn to forge their own paths through curling, which has a reputation among peers of being an oddball winter sport.
Rather than simply writing a typical sports novel about overcoming odds, the author wanted to tell an unconventional story around a curling stone. Using the slow, deliberate curling stone as a unique motif, she alludes to life's sudden, unexpected changes and those who persevere against difficulties.
- About the Author
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Choi Sanghee
(Russian) Чхве Санхи получила Премию "Блуфикшн Бирёнсо" за роман «Просто, кёрлинг», а за сборник рассказов «Del Mundo» получила Литературную премию ''Времен года". За сборник рассказов «Море, девочка или поцелуй» она получила Грант по поддержке творчества фонда Дэсан. Помимо этих книг она еще написала романы для подростков «Хани и Коко», «Супер-звезда, живушая на крыше здания», «Сын лучшего сыщика», «Дом Канта», а также путевые заметки «Очаровательная северная европа», «Очаровательный город Чиангмай», «Лето, Киото» и т.д.
(English) Choi Sang Hee is a novelist who often travels and writes. Choi suddenly decided to travel to Jeju and lived a traveling life there. In Jeju, Choi Sang Hee wrote Jeju Island Secret Trip Course, a travel journal with her 700 days of experience as a ‘middle traveler,' and the book caused a new sensation of travel to Jeju Island. Choi has been publishing her traveling records from a small publishing company Lalala at the Beach with her sister. Traveling journals Choi has written include Might Fall in Love with Chiang Mai, Might Fall in Love with Okinawa, Might Fall in Love with Northern Europe and Again, Jeju. Novels Choi has written include Del Mundo, Just, Curling and The Sea, the Girl or the Kiss. Choi Sanghee won the BIR Blue Fiction Award for Just, Curling and the Sakyejul Literature Award for Del Mundo. Her other novel, Sea, Girl or Kiss, received the Daesan Literary Award. She has written novels for teenagers, such as Hani and Coco, Rooftop Superstars, The Son of the Great Detective, and The House of Kant, as well as travel books, such as Falling in Love with Northern Europe, Falling in Love with Chiang Mai, and Summer in Tokyo.
- Award
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Biryongso, 2011, Blue Fiction Award
- Selection
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Gyeonggi Province School Librarian Council, 2012, Recommended Book
National Library for Children & Young Adults, Recommended Book
Happy Reading in the Morning, Recommended Book
Korean Culture and Arts Committee, Excellent Literature Book
