1.
New semester… 7p
2.
Group chat invitation… 17p
3.
Announcement… 26p
4.
Dodgeball match… 35p
5.
Company event… 46p
6.
Lies… 55p
7.
I left the group chat… 64p
8.
Gossip… 73p
9.
Another group chat… 81p
10.
I hate cola! … 94p
11.
Promise… 104p
12.
I left the group chat again… 112p
◆◆ Author's Note … 122p

Our story of friendship, as refreshing as soda!
A coming-of-age story about Chorok and Sari, who fight to protect their friendship!

The main character, 'Chorok-i', is kind, friendly, and has a warm heart.
Chorok is calm in any situation and listens to everyone's opinions.
Sari, Ji-ae, and Harin want to be friends with Chorok, who has a deep heart, and the four of them become best friends.
However, 'Sari's' twisted mind becomes jealous and destroys the children's friendship.


The sight of Cho-rok being recognized by everyone sets Sari's wrath on fire.
When she loses her gym class and discovers that Chorok's parents are her parents' bosses, uncontrollable jealousy grips Sari.
That jealousy turns into hatred for Cho-rok, and eventually the trust between the four collapses.

Envy of others can be a driving force for growth, but it can also lead to an inferiority complex that ends up tearing others down.
Sally was clearly attracted to Chorok's kindness and wanted to be friends with him, but she gradually began to feel inferior to Chorok.
Because Chorok was popular with everyone, kind, and the main character in every moment he wanted to be active.
If you ask if that means Sari lives a worse life than him, then the answer is no.
Because in the world that Sari lived in, there were definitely good friends, parents, and other things that only Sari could do.


Sari, who always looked at others with jealousy and envy, admits her own twisted heart and asks for forgiveness from Cho-rok.
In this way, the children in the story hate and forgive each other and create new friendships of their own.

“The person who greeted me on the first day of the new semester,
You were the first person to ask for my phone number.
When I was feeling awkward because I didn't have any friends, you were the one who said hello first.
I can't tell you how grateful I am...
- "I left the group chat again" on page 118

A new kind of friendship presented by 'group chat rooms'!
Only by leaving the group chat can we become real friends!

In fact, everyone has feelings of inferiority and jealousy.
"I Left the Group Chat" sheds new light on the twisted thoughts that everyone harbors through the honest perspective of children.
Bullying and ostracism, which frequently occur among friends, have been problems that have followed schools since their inception.
And this problem has become more sophisticated and cruel day by day as time passes and technology advances.


As students these days begin to carry 'cell phones', a new problem is emerging.
It is ‘bullying using group chat rooms.’
This is a new type of cyberbullying, and it has become a more vicious way to harass friends, adding to the existing school violence.
"I Left the Group Chat" tells us what we need to do to solve this problem and what values ​​we need to consider.

In "I Left the Group Chat," unlike other books that deal with group chats, it does not simply point out the flaws of group chats, but rather gives meaning to the act of "leaving the group chat" itself.
The act of opening the 'group chat room door', which symbolizes relationships with friends, and going out together was considered a big decision for children.
Ultimately, after reading "I Left the Group Chat," we will find ourselves cheering on the small but significant decisions made by the children in the story.

The author speaks to children who are tired of adjusting to new ways of friendship.
The important value in maintaining a relationship with someone is found in the process of meeting that person.
Additionally, children who read this book will realize that forgiving and being forgiven by friends is an important value that is difficult but absolutely necessary.

A story about the inner strength of children who rebuild broken friendships!

"I Left the Group Chat" is the work of author Shin Eun-young, who followed up on "The Fragrance Shop That Sells Memories" and "Swan, Child of the Forest."
The vibrant colors and character descriptions of the illustrator 'Hijemi', who has already impressed readers with 'Cherry Shrimp: Secret Message', make the friendship between the children in the story even more realistic.
The two authors warmly portrayed the protagonists' struggle to rebuild their broken friendship without giving up.
If we read "I Left the Group Chat" and don't turn away from the bullying that someone else is experiencing, or that we might be experiencing, and instead work together to overcome it, we will be able to live warmer lives.