1.
Hotae's sneakers
2.
Resolutions for the second semester of the fifth grade
3.
A secret that cannot be told
4.
What if it comes in like a hook?
5.
Something more difficult than math
6.
A time I don't know
7.
Who threw the uppercut?
8.
I just liked you
9.
A night when my heart flutters
10.
late breakfast or early lunch

Author's Note

This time it's a heart-fluttering love story!
─The final installment of author Jin Hyeong-min's "School 5-part series"

From 『Symbol 3 Anseokbong』, the grand prize winner of Changbi's 'Good Children's Book' manuscript contest, to 『Kkoldttugi』, 『Shout Out, Playground』, and 『We're Going to Make Money』, author Jin Hyeong-min, who has captured the lives of children in school, has returned with 『Love Hook!』, the final work in the 'School Five-part series' and a love story that will make readers' hearts flutter.
Until now, romance has not been dealt with often in children's literature.
Even when it was dealt with, it was often portrayed as a side story to the main narrative or consumed lightly.
But children's love is no different from that of adults.
Children, too, feel their hearts flutter with love and are hurt by separation.
Liking someone and being in a relationship with someone is a really important and wonderful thing for children.
Based on this perspective, author Jin Hyeong-min unfolds a full-fledged love story for children.
It shows the emotions of love in various situations that children are likely to experience, and describes in detail the process by which the characters naturally become aware of love.
Park Dam and Kim Ho-tae, who grew up together since childhood, develop feelings for each other that go beyond friendship, and Shin Ji-eun, who has had feelings for Kim Ho-tae for a long time, develops a crush on him.
Eom Seon-jeong, a model student who is the class president, dates Lee Jong-su, who is not good at studying but is good at sports and easy to talk to.
The characters learn what love is by wondering about the hearts of others and looking into their own hearts.


A thrilling, sweet, yet tear-jerking romance

Love is thrilling and sweet.
But you can't always be happy and joyful.
Sometimes, we shed tears because of the person we like or because of our feelings for them.
It is no different when it comes to children's love.
The characters in "Love Hook!" also get angry, frustrated, and have endlessly complicated thoughts because of the person they like.
Park Dam and Kim Ho-tae, who have grown up together since childhood, are unsure whether their feelings for each other are friendship or love.
I worry that confessing my feelings for no reason will make things awkward between us.
Shin Ji-eun has secretly liked Kim Ho-tae for a long time, but she feels frustrated because she can't find a chance to express her feelings because of Park Dam, who is also her best friend and close friend to Kim Ho-tae.
“When I close my eyes to sleep, sad thoughts flood into my body” and “I can’t stand it because I feel so ugly.”
Eom Seon-jeong, who is good at studying and has a bright personality, and Lee Jong-su, who is good at sports but is not good at studying, experience conflict because they have different expectations of each other.
In the end, Lee Jong-su said to Eom Seon-jeong, “I’m quitting.
He declares a breakup, saying, “I’m stopping seeing you.”
"Love Hook!" is not just filled with bright and happy stories.
Author Jin Hyeong-min reveals the full picture of love through the image of a person shedding tears due to loneliness and despair.
By balancing the bright side with the lonely, sad, and desolate side of love, young readers will truly experience what love is like through "Love Hook!"


Love is ultimately a story between people!

Dating is a process of getting to know another person and yourself through being intimate with them.
Ultimately, it's a story between people.
The characters in "Love Hook!" also learn new things about themselves and their partners through love.
Park Dam and Kim Ho-tae have been close since they were very young, but after they start dating, Park Dam learns how hard Kim Ho-tae, who lives with his mother, tries to live a strong life, and Kim Ho-tae learns how deep of a friend Park Dam, despite being a mischievous and troublemaker, is.
Shin Ji-eun experiences complex interpersonal relationships as she struggles with how to build a relationship with Park Dam, who is close to Kim Ho-tae, whom she likes.
Eom Seon-jeong, who has always thought that studying is the most important thing in the world, begins to vaguely realize that there are things more important than studying as she dates Lee Jong-su, who is cool and kind, even though he is not good at studying.
Not only do characters learn how to build relationships through romance or romantic feelings, they also learn a lot about their own hearts and how to care for them.
"Love Hook!" doesn't simply depict a love story between children; it captures the process by which children come to understand each other and themselves. Therefore, young readers will learn what it means to deeply understand humanity.