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Five hundred years, fifteen three
Five hundred years, fifteen three
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Book Introduction
“If you put two marbles together, you can change the world!”
A captivating K-fantasy born from our myths and folk tales.
The Third Story of "Fifteen Years in Five Hundred Years"


Following the fairy tales and youth novels that have been widely supported by children and teenagers, such as 『Hunter Girl』, 『Thirteen-Year-Old Walking Club』, 『Fifteen Years 1, 2』, and 『Fantastic Girl』, author Kim Hye-jeong, who captured the hearts of adult readers with the healing fantasy novel 『The Lost and Found Returned』, has returned with 『Fifteen Years 3, Two Beads』.
This book is the third installment of the beloved "Fifteen for Five Hundred Years," which features a novel worldview of the Yaho and Tiger tribes born from the Dangun myth and our old tales, an exciting story of a bead war between the two tribes over the first bead, and a unique character of a girl who lived as fifteen for five hundred years.
With the appearance of Jin, the bear tribe with another first bead, the story unfolds in a captivating way as Autumn discovers the secrets and amazing powers surrounding the first bead.
Also, with Shinwoo, who has been by Ga-eul's side with an unwavering heart, and Hugh's unexpected confession that he has been in Ga-eul's heart for a very long time, the romance between these two precious people deepens.

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index
Characters
Prologue 1: Promise
Prologue 2: Application Form

Part 1: High School Student Lee Ga-eul

Entrance ceremony
phew
Report card
love triangle

Part 2 Our Time

funeral service
consolation
Proposal
accident
Truths Uncovered

Part 3: The Secret of the Beads

three friends
With Jin
The power of the first bead
Watching closely
Toho

Part 4: First Bead vs. First Bead

tiger eyebrows
Humans and animals
two beads

Epilogue: New Abilities
Author's Note
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Into the book
At first it was Shinwoo.
I wanted to know about the child named Shinwoo and I was curious about the world surrounding Shinwoo.
And a question mark also arose about himself standing next to Shinwoo.
These past few autumns have been a new experience.
After the war of beads, he ascended to the position of Wonho, the leader of the Yahorangs, and fought against the schemes of the female beast.
It was very difficult and hard during that time, but after it passed, I strangely felt like autumn itself had changed.
Autumn became curious about a new life she had not yet experienced.
What will it be like when you become a high school student?
--- p.10

Hugh said he was glad that his grandmother and mother were still there.
What doesn't change gives peace of mind.
Autumn was happy to see Hyuga, whose face color had changed, but whose speech and gestures remained the same.
The rest remained the same for over five hundred years.
In autumn, I have faith that Hugh will always be by my side and protect me no matter what.
There is no greater support for Autumn than this.

--- p.31

When she compared herself to ordinary human children who were growing older, Autumn sank down endlessly.
Every time, Grandma told Ga-eul that she had to live her own life.
There is something that no matter how hard we try, we can never have.
If you can't accept it and keep looking at it, there will come a day when you will end up hating yourself.
Other people's lives are just other people's lives, and I just have to live my own life.
At some point, autumn began to accept that her life was different from that of humans.

--- p.43

Hugh asked Ga-eul how long she would be going to high school, and that she had been there for a while, so she could stop now.
Hugh continued to worry about Ga-eul's health as he put the containers of side dishes in the refrigerator.
What if Ga-eul and Hugh were siblings? Would a real older brother care so much for his younger sister? But Ga-eul and Hugh are more than that.
The thoughts that had been dominating Autumn all day were amplified several times more, and Autumn's head was on the verge of exploding.

--- pp.59-60

Up until now, autumn has experienced countless partings and I thought that was Yahoo's fate.
So I thought it would be okay.
But repeated breakups don't make you get used to them.
The pain of separation only deepens because the target of separation changes each time.
Autumn felt sad as she thought about the separation she would have to endure in the future.
Autumn was so hard because I had to part ways with my loved ones.

--- p.72

Autumn was so hungry that she gulped down the bread.
“Oh my, baby.
Eat slowly.
Then I feel sick.”
Ga-eul suddenly felt sad when she heard her homeroom teacher's words.
It was exactly what Yeong had said to Ga-eul.
Ga-eul burst into tears while eating bread, and the surprised teacher pulled the car over to the side of the road.
“I’m sorry, Autumn.
I said that because I was worried that I might get sick.”
Autumn wasn't trying to embarrass her homeroom teacher.
But once the crying started, it didn't stop.
Autumn cried and cried again.
The teacher took a handkerchief out of his bag and handed it to Ga-eul.

--- p.84

When they first met, Yeongdo told Ga-eul to call him Unni.
But the spirit seemed so great and mysterious that I couldn't bring myself to call her "sister."
Later on, even though I wanted to call her unnie, I couldn't because 'Young-nim' was stuck in my mouth.
How nice it would have been if you had called her sister too.
“Sister.”
Ga-eul cautiously called Jin “sister,” and Jin wrapped her arm around Ga-eul’s shoulder affectionately.
The hole in my heart seemed to get a little smaller in the fall.
--- p.154
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Publisher's Review
With the warm support and love of teenage readers
Writing a unique history of youth literature
Five Hundred Years and Fifteen


Since the first volume was published in January 2022, 『Fifteen Years』 has been receiving enthusiastic support and love from teenage readers, and has been evaluated as “a new fantasy born from our myths and old stories,” “a book that children choose to read themselves,” and “a book that once you pick it up, you can never put it down,” and it is still writing an unrivaled history that is in progress.


2024 Asan City Book of the Year
Book Seed Best Books of 2023-2024 (Young Adult Category)
2023 Yongin City Book of the Year
Kyobo Bookstore's 2022 Best Books for Youth Category: #3
The 21 Best Librarians Chosen by Librarians at the 2022 National Library Conference
Publishers' Books of the Year 2022
2022 KBBY Featured Children's and Youth Books
2022 Arts Council Korea Literature Sharing Selections
2022 Booktase Summer Recommendations
2022 Book Seed Youth Topic-Based Recommendations
2022 National Library for Children and Young Adults Librarian & Peer Recommended Books

Why is this book so beloved by teenage readers? Because it offers pure reading pleasure and emotion, without forcing forced growth or moral lessons.
If you go to an online bookstore, you can easily find actual customer reviews such as, "My child asked me to buy it, so I bought it," "My child recommended it, so I read it," and "It's quite thick, but my child read it in no time."
According to the 2023 National Reading Survey, teenagers are the most book-reading readers in Korea.
Although there are countless things to see anytime, anywhere with just a smartphone, it is clear that this book was personally selected and read by discerning teenage readers who still recognize the joy and benefits of reading.
As the author said, "This is the first time I've experienced since becoming a writer that a single story can receive so much love," it is thanks to the readers that "Fifteen Years in Five Hundred Years" is creating a new and unique history as a youth literature.
The author will return with a more interesting story with a grateful heart.


“If it’s the first bead, it can revive the dead spirit!”
The secrets and incredible power of the first bead are finally revealed.


Gaeul, who is curious about life after middle school, goes to high school with Shinwoo and Yujeong.
The excitement of becoming a high school student is fleeting, but high school is so hard that studying is difficult.
Fortunately, thanks to her kind and warm homeroom teacher and Shinwoo and Yujeong who are always by her side, Gaeul gradually adapts to school.
But surprisingly, the homeroom teacher is Jin, Ungnyeo's younger sister, and is another member of the Ung tribe who possesses the first bead.
Autumn begins to believe in and follow Jin, who resembles the spirit who gave her the first bead.
Jin says that the first bead has amazing powers and can even bring the dead back to life.
Autumn decides to revive the spirit she longs for and secretly learns from Jin how to manifest the first bead.


However, as if jealous of the peaceful days of autumn, a female criminal who was punished by having her disguise skills suspended due to Silver Pharmaceutical's work contacts her and tells her that Doho has appeared and attacked her.
Doho is the person who created the Tiger Tribe by stealing the beads from Yaho and defeating them. To the Yaho Tribe, he is a mortal enemy, but to the Tiger Tribe, he is revered as a leader who protects and defends animals from humans.
A thousand years ago, Doho disappeared from the world when his younger brother Inseon died because of a Buddhist woman.
What could be the reason for the reappearance of Doho, who erased all traces of himself as if he were dead? As Ga-eul investigates Doho, she encounters a conspiracy to seize the immense power of the First Orb...


As the first holder of the orb, Autumn's dazzling performance against the problems that are causing chaos in the world unfolds once again in a thrilling way.
Also, in this story, our myths and old tales such as the 'Dangun myth', 'Seodongyo', 'Good Brothers', 'The Red Bean Porridge Grandmother and the Tiger', and 'The Tiger's Eyebrows' appear exquisitely, providing the pleasure of reading as 'a fantasy rooted in our myths and old tales'.

“Together we can solve this problem!”
The power of the protagonist who continues to grow beyond the boundaries of life


The protagonist of this book, Autumn, becomes a Yaho five hundred years ago when she receives a bead from the first Yaho spirit at the age of fifteen.
When you become a Yahoo, time stops in your body and you no longer grow.
Autumn, who can never become an adult, lives alone, unable to place her heart anywhere.
However, after the death of Yeong, the fall season changes as he fights the Bead War and takes the position of Wonho, the leader of the Yahorangs, and fights against the schemes of the Bumnyeo.
Open your heart and become lovers with the human Shinwoo and best friends with the tiger tribe Yujeong.
He also enters high school for the first time and thinks about his 'dream' to overcome his fate of not being able to become an adult.
And when problems arise, he no longer struggles alone, but works together with other Yahorangs, including Hugh, Susu, and Yujeong, to solve the problem.
Although Autumn has stopped growing physically, she is a wonderful protagonist who constantly changes and grows, leaping beyond the boundaries of life that have bound her.
The changes and growth of autumn are the greatest driving force behind the story and the reason why we look forward to the next story.
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GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: May 27, 2024
- Page count, weight, size: 236 pages | 418g | 145*220*15mm
- ISBN13: 9791171711956
- ISBN10: 1171711956

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