Part 1: The Story of Mir
Zelkova tree in the moonlight
The old man with the bulbous nose and catfish mouth
Children of Dalbat Village
spring snow
gift
The child who doesn't speak

Part 2 Sohee's Story
A very small courtesy that a person who sees a face alone should have
warm home
I decided to grow a pearl in my heart.
A child who wants to cry
The mountain was dazzlingly covered in wild roses.
The reason I can't forgive is because I have so many memories.

Part 3: The Story of Bau
Evening primrose
Thistle flower
Sangsahwa
Sky lily
red rose
oxalis

Part 4 You too are a sky horse
Dad and Mom
That night
The heart of the zelkova tree
You too are a sky hawk

Author's Note

The 2021 revised edition of the timeless classic in youth literature, "You Are a Skyflower, Too," has been published.

Author Lee Geum-i's "You Are a Sky Butterfly Too," which became a bestseller through word of mouth among young readers after its publication in 2005, was republished in the summer of 2021.
Sixteen years have passed since its first publication, and during that time, Korean youth literature has gone through many changes and trends. However, 『You Are a Skyflower Too』, a masterpiece that will remain in the history of youth literature, is still loved and touches the hearts of youth in the present tense.
This is because the empathy and comfort felt in this writer's work are still valid today.


The author put a particularly long and arduous time into this revision.
Adolescence is a period of self-formation, and one is often influenced by the ideas and theories encountered during this time. This is because a single book read during this time can have a significant impact on one's worldview.


For this reason, author Lee Geum-i, with a great sense of responsibility, set the direction of the revision of “You Are Also a Skyflower” as “reflecting the consciousness of the times,” and carefully revised the work.
While preserving the original structure and story, we have strived to reflect the changing sensibilities of adults, the changing rural environment, and the improved awareness of human rights, as well as to use the language of equality we should strive for.
As a result, the revised edition of "You Are a Sky Butterfly" was born, which still delivers the powerful message to today's youth that "you must love yourself to be able to love others."


A sweet and bittersweet coming-of-age story of three teenagers who are drawn to each other but find it difficult to approach each other.

This novel features three young people.
Mir, who transferred to Dalbat Village against his will due to his parents' divorce.
Sohee lives alone with her maternal grandmother without even knowing her parents' faces.
Mir lost his mother when he was young and lives with his father.
These three teenagers have different stories and personalities.
But they have one thing in common.
The point is that they are not all of the family forms that society defines as so-called 'normal'.
All three children were deeply hurt by their family relationships.


Family is the first relationship we experience in life and is an important foundation of life.
Adolescents are alienated or hurt by their closest relationships, their families, due to unilateral decisions made by adults or when their opinions are not reflected.
But if you cover up a wound, it will only get worse.
It should be dried in the sun and in a well-ventilated place to heal quickly.


The first meeting between the three teenagers in this novel was awkward, but they too had been hiding their wounds inside, and one day, they began to reveal their raw wounds, finding comfort in each other and the scabs on their wounds began to heal.
And then, before you know it, your heart grows taller and you learn to accept other people without prejudice.
The sight of young people who know how to be honest with themselves and others is courageous and beautiful in itself.



A flower that knows how to love itself, we are all the lilies of the sky!

Bau, who loves growing and caring for plants, enjoys drawing detailed drawings of wildflowers in his sketchbook during vacation.
Among the many wildflowers, I remember the sky lily I saw in the forest behind the mountain.
A bright crimson flower caught my eye.
Bau looks at the sky and thinks of Sohee.
Bau, who has carefully drawn a flower, writes a phrase in a corner of his sketchbook.
“Skylark, a flower that resembles Sohee.
“A flower that knows how to love itself.”

The three, who have confirmed that their own wounds are actually a medium for confirming each other's sincerity, finally realize that they must learn to love themselves in order to understand and love others.
The three young people who eventually bloom brightly like the sky lilies give us new courage.

“We are all the sky’s stars!”


Introduction to the Lee Geum-i Youth Literature Series

This series, which began with a revised edition of “Eugene and Eugene” as its first book, is a series of youth literature by author Lee Geum-i that revises and reorganizes the youth literature works that the author has published so far. It is “a youth literature series by author Lee Geum-i that examines the ‘here and now’ of youth on the brink, resonates with their hearts entangled with dreams and wounds, and cheers for a bright future.”

This revision and serialization is not simply a matter of changing the book's appearance; it is a task of imbuing it with human rights awareness, a sense of the times, and gender awareness, all of which improve and raise standards as times change.

"You Are a Sky Butterfly Too" is the first book in the "You Are a Sky Butterfly Too" series and was published as a youth literature book in 2005 and was much loved.
In the newly published revised edition in 2021, the original work was carefully examined and reflected in the changing times and the sensibilities of adults, without damaging the original work.