Daeboreum Day
Red Bio-Lab
Crescent Ending Club
Variable, shake, execution
It's scary!
apologize
The full story of the ghost story
Heart of the Monster
Author's Note

“Keep running and running away!”
For teenagers who sometimes want to escape from reality
Support and comfort from author Jo Ye-eun!

Adolescence is a sensitive and confusing time.
It's like standing on a high diving board without knowing how to swim, and the pressure is overwhelming.
In fact, an uncertain future is closer to a vague fear than an open possibility.
To avoid being overwhelmed by this situation, you should not force yourself into a dead end, but rather create a path and run and escape.


The main character of this book, Lee Je-mi, wants to run away from her home, which has lost its warmth due to her mother and father's discord, and from a future that shows no sign of possibility.
But if that method causes trouble to others or makes you cold or sick, then I hesitate to choose it.
Then a completely unexpected new option arises.
On the day his mom and dad had a big fight, he left home and fell asleep in the biology lab in the school annex, and ended up in the red biology lab in another world, where he was almost eaten by a monster.
That day, you accidentally return to the real world, but if you go back to the red creature room and get eaten by the monster, you can get the perfect ending without doing anything yourself.


Thus, Lee Je-mi, along with Lee Hwan-hee, an idol trainee who was eliminated from the debut group, and Jeong Su-rim, a victim of school violence, create the 'Crescent Moon Ending Club', a club that travels to another world on the day the full moon rises.
The three children, each with their own problems that still seem hopeless despite various variables and upheavals, cross over to another world together.
But the moment they face the monster that runs at them with its mouth open, the children realize that this is not the ending they really wanted.
The children run away with all their might and return to reality.
Then, an unexpected change occurs in each person's situation, which seemed unchangeable.


This book offers warm encouragement and comfort to teenage readers going through the same period as children who were running away from an uncertain future and a harsh reality, finally catching their breath and taking a step forward.
When times are tough, it's okay to run away as fast as you can, and if you do, you might find an unexpected breakthrough.
The author said that he wrote this novel by recalling memories of running away to escape the frustrations of his youth.
I hope this book will provide readers with a brief respite.

I hope this book will provide a brief respite from the many complex issues at hand.
I would be very happy if you could gain a little empathy and comfort through this short immersion.
-From the author's note

“I’ll hug you with all my might!”
“So that we can reach beyond the formalin barrier.”

Children trying to save a monster that came to kill them
A warm sense of solidarity and salvation presented by author Jo Ye-eun.

Even after returning to reality, Ijemi still remembers the monster left behind in the red creature room.
The monster wandering alone in the empty biology room feels like he has isolated himself, thinking he has nowhere to turn.
Thus, with the help of her friend Yeonjun, Lee Je-mi tracks down the ghost story in the school annex and discovers that the monster is Kim Hwa-moon, a victim of school violence twenty years ago, and that the red biology room is a world in a game that Hwa-moon created to take revenge on the perpetrators.
As time passes and revenge becomes meaningless, Hwamun remains trapped in that world, a monster, still embracing revenge and loneliness.


Initially, the 'Crescent Ending Club' was created for 'shallow relationships where you can pour out your raw emotions without worrying about it.'
However, as the children share their feelings with each other and become friends, the situation of Jeong Su-rim, who has been suffering from school violence, and Yoo Hwan-hee, who has become a new target, changes.
The children's solidarity does not end here, but continues with Hwamun, who was a victim of school violence in the past and became a monster.
The way to save Hwamun in that world is to not forget his existence, to seek him out, to hug him tightly, and to share warmth with him.


In that sense, author Jo Ye-eun's "Crescent Moon Ending Club" is a strange story about saving a monster that came to kill itself, but it is also a warm story about listening to the monster's story and embracing it.
I hope that the strange yet warm warmth this book brings will seep into the readers!