What if you could easily curse people you hate with stickers?
A fantasy coming-of-age novel that explores the thrill of revenge and the weight of its responsibility.

Author Kim Seon-mi, who captured the hearts of countless young people with “Biscuit,” has returned with her new youth novel, “Sticker.”
『Sticker』, which had already secured overseas rights before its publication and garnered much anticipation both domestically and internationally, tells the story of Jang Si-ru, a high school student who accidentally gets his hands on a secret book that creates curses in the form of stickers, and what happens as he trades curse stickers.
Sowoo appears in front of Jang Shiru, who was making money by selling curse stickers, and says, "If curses accumulate, a natural disaster will occur." Jang Shiru learns that this is true and sets out on a journey with Sowoo to prevent a natural disaster.
"Sticker" makes me face the dark truth that I couldn't express, the desire to get revenge just as much as I was hurt, through revenge that can be easily bought with money.
This novel is about learning how to protect yourself and not be dragged down when faced with that dark truth.

June 6th
Nickname: Abracadabra
Adhesion: Best
Price: 3,000,000 won
Curse: My friend fell unconscious because of the school gym teacher.
But that
The teacher rather shamelessly said that he was not at fault and that my friend deserved it.
I go around cursing.
How could you do that without shame? Because of you, my friend
The ball jumped from the school rooftop and ended up in that state.
What the gym teacher did
I want to make you pay the price.
I had a big accident and I can't go to school again.
Please don't let me do that.
memo:

Jang Shiru frowned as he filled out his online ledger.
The content of the curse felt somehow familiar.
An incident occurred where a second-year student at Shiru's school jumped from the rooftop, and soon after, rumors began to spread that the gym teacher was involved in the incident.
He said that he had been seriously worried and was being treated badly, but instead, he was blamed for it. He said that he was threatened because he knew about the gym teacher's corruption. He said that the gym teacher actually pushed him off the rooftop...
Rumors of various unsourced versions grew and spread throughout the school.

---p.11~12

It was 10 minutes before the end of the exam that the sound of laughter, "Heeheehee," was heard breaking through the silence.
The children raised their heads and looked towards the sound.
Han Do-yoon, who was called a "study genius" for always being first in the entire school, was smiling while marking on an OMR card.
What, you're laughing because the test is so easy? This is really annoying.
Even though the proctor warned him, Han Do-yoon couldn't stop laughing.
The kids were getting annoyed and telling me to be quiet.
The director went to the child's seat and knocked on the desk to calm the mood.
The moment Han Do-yoon raised his head, the children who had been noisily murmuring all fell silent.
Because I saw that Han Do-yoon's pupils were dilated in different shapes.
Even the teacher was startled.
If a teacher who calmly deals with even the most 'stupid' reactions reacts like that, you can imagine what kind of state Han Do-yoon is in.
As the teacher stood there without saying anything, the boy lowered his gaze back to the test paper.
Then, with his eyes wide open and a strange laugh, he finished marking the OMR card.
While the children were glancing at Han Do-yoon, the bell rang to signal the end of the exam in the chaotic atmosphere.

---p.18~19

"great job.
Sit there and rest for a while.
“I’ll bring great-grandfather’s book.”
Great-grandfather's book? He said he needed a safety device to speak, so maybe he went to get it? Leaning back on the sofa, listening to the clear, ringing sound of wind chimes, I felt strangely cozy.
The sofa cushions made from scrap fabric were so soft that I was touching them when the universe came back.
He was holding a book of curses in his hand.
“Do you have this book too?”
I jumped up from my seat.
It's a cursed book like mine.
When I found out that Sowoo also had the curse book, I immediately understood why he had removed the stickers.
"Just because of that, you brought me home and made me suffer like this?" The finger pointing at the book trembled with anger.
“You, you…… You’re so lethal to your fellow workers…….”
“Huh? What do you mean?”
The anger that had been suppressed finally exploded at Sowoo's question about not knowing English.
I screamed loudly.
"You're making curse stickers too! You're going to claim to be the original curse sticker when you're subtly mentioning it's your great-grandfather's book? This is really funny.
"If we compete fairly and sell to our customers, we can do that. You're tearing off the stickers I made just to fight over territory? That's lethal, really."
---p.90~91

I changed into my gym clothes and went outside before the 5th period started.
Today we are meeting at the playground, not the gym.
As I was tying my shoelaces, I saw a long line of small black things on the ground.
Ants are moving in a swarm on dry ground.
I looked up at the sky and saw a flock of crows flying around a large, mountain-shaped cloud, making ominous noises.
This phenomenon seems to have occurred when Sowoo spoke of the knowledge passed down through generations in his family.
Is a natural disaster really imminent?
I noticed that Sowoo was standing behind the flagpole at the stadium, staring off into space, as if he couldn't be a nobleman.
The person who caught my eye was the gym teacher.
Suddenly, I remembered that on a stormy day, I sold the best stickers at an exorbitant price.
You're waiting for an opportunity to remove the curse sticker.
My grandmother was injured, and if my gym teacher got into an accident too, I felt like it would add to the already unsettling guilt I couldn't shake off.
I don't want to see anyone get hurt anymore.
I felt a sense of responsibility to help.
But I didn't have the courage to face the small universe.
What should I do?
---p.152

“Was a curse the only way to protect you?”
While I was hesitating, unexpectedly, Sowoo stepped forward.
The child looked up at the small universe as if he was being wronged while crying.
“No one’s going to help me! I’m dying, but….”
“I’m not trying to belittle what happened to you.
I think it must have been so painful that you wanted to die.
But will everything be resolved if this child disappears? Someone else could appear at any time to cause you trouble and suffering.
Are you going to stick a curse sticker on me every time? Praying for it to disappear from my sight?”
“At least there was hope because there was a curse sticker.
“What can I do without that?”
“You have to hit it.
I need to make you strong so that you won't break even if you hit something.
Now this kid looks like he could fly away with just a breath.
You protect yourself.
I will continue to protect you by putting strength into my two legs that are on the ground, and by putting strength into my eyes, chest, and fingers.
It's about showing that you won't give in to the kids who curse you, hit you, and make things difficult for you.
It may be difficult at first.
But it will get better.
I promise.
If you start practicing protecting yourself from today, you won't be broken no matter what idiot appears in front of you as time goes by."
Oh, I see.
It was something that had to be protected.
When my heart was about to break, when evil thoughts were about to eat me, I had to protect myself.
I made a curse sticker because I couldn't protect myself.

---p.203~204