If that's you
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What we need most now is to clear up the mess
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Lee Eun-yong, winner of the Munhakdongne Children's Literature Award for "The Thirteenth Child," has consistently published young adult novels, including "The Time We Met" and "When Hara's World Opens," with a tender and delicate sensibility. He has embraced the realities of children and adolescents across a range of genres, including science fiction and fantasy. This time, he returns with a courageous journey filled with five stories.
"If That's You" is Eun-Yong Lee's first collection of young adult novels, which depicts characters who cling to a glimmer of hope at the edge of life.
Gaeul, who despairs over a rare disease that suddenly strikes her but tries to find the small happiness hidden in life; Minseo, who forms a club with a child she has a crush on by chance; Kim Sam, who plans a life for herself while recalling her childhood dreams; Yeonwoo, who tries to protect her older brother who is lying in the hospital bed after being caught up in a school violence incident; and Purum, who begins to understand the feelings of an old friend who dreamed of becoming a firefighter after meeting a neighbor's child.
It contains the story of people who were crouching down and finding the courage to take another step forward.
Counting numbers quietly while correcting
Lee Eun-yong, winner of the Munhakdongne Children's Literature Award for "The Thirteenth Child," has consistently published young adult novels, including "The Time We Met" and "When Hara's World Opens," with a tender and delicate sensibility. He has embraced the realities of children and adolescents across a range of genres, including science fiction and fantasy. This time, he returns with a courageous journey filled with five stories.
"If That's You" is Eun-Yong Lee's first collection of young adult novels, which depicts characters who cling to a glimmer of hope at the edge of life.
Gaeul, who despairs over a rare disease that suddenly strikes her but tries to find the small happiness hidden in life; Minseo, who forms a club with a child she has a crush on by chance; Kim Sam, who plans a life for herself while recalling her childhood dreams; Yeonwoo, who tries to protect her older brother who is lying in the hospital bed after being caught up in a school violence incident; and Purum, who begins to understand the feelings of an old friend who dreamed of becoming a firefighter after meeting a neighbor's child.
It contains the story of people who were crouching down and finding the courage to take another step forward.
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One year ago today
I wish it were you
I need whole notes
For some reason
Meet Santa Claus
I wish it were you
I need whole notes
For some reason
Meet Santa Claus
Into the book
I couldn't picture today at all.
Will I be able to study properly, get a job, or get married?
Can you love someone more than that?
It seemed impossible to dream and live up to it.
What I'm afraid of is being trapped in the dark and not being able to do anything, but lately I've been doing nothing even in places that aren't dark.
Could it be that I was creating something for myself that I most didn't want to face?
--- From "One Year Ago Today"
A person who can look at you and smile brightly without saying anything awkwardly.
If it were you… … that would be nice.
--- From "I Wish It Were You"
I'm going to go play the piano after work.
I'll be a piano player soon.
Now I can do whatever I want.
Kim Sam said to himself.
The mere fact that he had something he loved made Kim Sam feel like he had accomplished something special.
--- From "I Need Whole Notes"
At that moment, I couldn't bear the fact that my brother was alone.
I missed you, brother.
It was clear that my brother would feel the same way.
No matter what anyone says, Yeonwoo knows.
What kind of person is my brother?
Whatever the reason for his brother's condition, there was only one path Yeonwoo had to take.
--- From "For Some Reason"
At some point, I started feeling like a failure.
Even though I didn't know what the object was, I was so caught up in my emotions that I couldn't focus on anything.
I covered up the things I wanted to say and the feelings I wanted to express.
Actually, I didn't know.
Where my heart is headed, and what I should say and do.
I still don't know exactly, but it was clear that continuing on my own wasn't the right answer.
Will I be able to study properly, get a job, or get married?
Can you love someone more than that?
It seemed impossible to dream and live up to it.
What I'm afraid of is being trapped in the dark and not being able to do anything, but lately I've been doing nothing even in places that aren't dark.
Could it be that I was creating something for myself that I most didn't want to face?
--- From "One Year Ago Today"
A person who can look at you and smile brightly without saying anything awkwardly.
If it were you… … that would be nice.
--- From "I Wish It Were You"
I'm going to go play the piano after work.
I'll be a piano player soon.
Now I can do whatever I want.
Kim Sam said to himself.
The mere fact that he had something he loved made Kim Sam feel like he had accomplished something special.
--- From "I Need Whole Notes"
At that moment, I couldn't bear the fact that my brother was alone.
I missed you, brother.
It was clear that my brother would feel the same way.
No matter what anyone says, Yeonwoo knows.
What kind of person is my brother?
Whatever the reason for his brother's condition, there was only one path Yeonwoo had to take.
--- From "For Some Reason"
At some point, I started feeling like a failure.
Even though I didn't know what the object was, I was so caught up in my emotions that I couldn't focus on anything.
I covered up the things I wanted to say and the feelings I wanted to express.
Actually, I didn't know.
Where my heart is headed, and what I should say and do.
I still don't know exactly, but it was clear that continuing on my own wasn't the right answer.
--- From "Meet Santa Claus"
Publisher's Review
A moment of bright light shining into a shady life
The story of those who reach out with courage to pursue their own paths.
Because the dark days are never certain,
Maybe I can continue to encounter this exciting world.
"One Year Ago Today"
A year ago today, as planned, Ga-eul was going to run to Go Eun-jung and confess her love right after her third-year middle school graduation ceremony.
So it could have been an anniversary.
But what came to Ga-eul was not a thrilling love affair, but a diagnosis of a rare disease called retinitis pigmentosa.
"It wasn't like this a year ago." Since the misfortune had descended, Autumn has been unable to move forward, comparing the present to last year.
Trapped in despair, he became a person who did nothing even in places that were not dark.
To such an autumn, the act of imagining today, a year from now, comes as a blessing.
It seems like it seeped in little by little, or it seems like it came in big strides.
"I wish it were you"
Minseo met Suho, the boy she had liked in the fourth grade of elementary school, again in high school.
Minseo is upset because Suho has come back into her heart, but it seems like he doesn't even know she exists.
I wish Suho was someone we could look at each other and smile brightly with.
Minseo and Suho form a club after going through a broadcasting club interview together, but they are frustrated again when the gap doesn't narrow.
Now Minseo decides to stop being alone and then getting disappointed and sad.
People like Han Soo-ho.
But then Suho suddenly contacts me first… .
Thump thump, Minseo's heart starts beating again.
Kim Sam searches for something lost in the creaking days.
"I need whole notes"
'It's the worst Monday ever.' Song Yu-chan, who interrupts class without warning, and Im Gu-seul, who sits next to me in the teachers' office and embarrasses people.
Everything was outside of Kim Sam's realm.
My old ambition to become a good teacher disappeared, leaving only self-reproach and worries.
After a tiring day, Kim Sam happens to stumble upon a snack bar and joins Eunseo, a student from the next class.
“Teacher, was your original dream a spring?” asks Eunseo.
“What have I been missing in my life?” Kim Sam bursts into tears he had been holding back, recalling his childhood self, his eyes sparkling in front of the piano.
And I make a firm decision.
Let's find what was lost and put it back where it belonged.
There is one thing Yeonwoo can never let go of, no matter what truth it may be…
"For some reason"
Yeon-woo can't believe that the person lying in the hospital room is her older brother Jin-woo.
Who on earth did this to my brother?
Even on the day his mother left him, leaving behind only a note, and even when his father was abusive, his older brother silently became Yeonwoo's fence.
This time, Yeonwoo tries to protect her broken brother.
But people say that Hyung is the perpetrator before he is the victim, and as he gets closer to the truth, Yeonwoo's anxiety grows.
'No, there's no way my brother would do that.'
How to turn my feet to follow my heart.
"Meet Santa Claus"
From some point on, Purum was overcome with a strange feeling for no reason and couldn't focus on anything.
I couldn't concentrate on my studies, my grades kept dropping, and I lost interest in anything.
After learning that So-won's father, a six-year-old girl playing alone at the playground, is a firefighter, Purum thinks of her middle school friend Yu-jeong, who also dreamed of becoming a firefighter.
One day, Yujeong's desk was filled with trash, and the other kids started secretly avoiding her.
Purum wonders if the incident started because of a single word she said without thinking.
With the sudden appearance of So-won, who has intruded into her daily life, Purum looks back on the earnest longing of Yu-jeong that she had ignored.
What we finally discover in today's difficult times
A novel that offers warm comfort with a delicate and affectionate gaze.
"If That's You" depicts the process and courage of those who have fallen to get back up.
A situation where you have to fight against despair that you have never experienced before, a future that seems to be in the dark, the earnestness of someone you have turned away from and passed by, a heart that is shaken by the small actions of a child you like…
In today's difficult times, what they ultimately discover is not blessings or great luck elsewhere, but the hope and courage for tomorrow within themselves.
Different problems weigh on them, but they endure the pain fiercely and decide to do what they can.
The person who protects them, the dream they had as a child, the sincerity they now understand, the heart that has begun to look back on someone, gives them the strength to move forward again.
Their appearance, encapsulated in neat and delicate sentences, will quietly provide comfort to readers who are caring for their own pain.
The story of those who reach out with courage to pursue their own paths.
Because the dark days are never certain,
Maybe I can continue to encounter this exciting world.
"One Year Ago Today"
A year ago today, as planned, Ga-eul was going to run to Go Eun-jung and confess her love right after her third-year middle school graduation ceremony.
So it could have been an anniversary.
But what came to Ga-eul was not a thrilling love affair, but a diagnosis of a rare disease called retinitis pigmentosa.
"It wasn't like this a year ago." Since the misfortune had descended, Autumn has been unable to move forward, comparing the present to last year.
Trapped in despair, he became a person who did nothing even in places that were not dark.
To such an autumn, the act of imagining today, a year from now, comes as a blessing.
It seems like it seeped in little by little, or it seems like it came in big strides.
"I wish it were you"
Minseo met Suho, the boy she had liked in the fourth grade of elementary school, again in high school.
Minseo is upset because Suho has come back into her heart, but it seems like he doesn't even know she exists.
I wish Suho was someone we could look at each other and smile brightly with.
Minseo and Suho form a club after going through a broadcasting club interview together, but they are frustrated again when the gap doesn't narrow.
Now Minseo decides to stop being alone and then getting disappointed and sad.
People like Han Soo-ho.
But then Suho suddenly contacts me first… .
Thump thump, Minseo's heart starts beating again.
Kim Sam searches for something lost in the creaking days.
"I need whole notes"
'It's the worst Monday ever.' Song Yu-chan, who interrupts class without warning, and Im Gu-seul, who sits next to me in the teachers' office and embarrasses people.
Everything was outside of Kim Sam's realm.
My old ambition to become a good teacher disappeared, leaving only self-reproach and worries.
After a tiring day, Kim Sam happens to stumble upon a snack bar and joins Eunseo, a student from the next class.
“Teacher, was your original dream a spring?” asks Eunseo.
“What have I been missing in my life?” Kim Sam bursts into tears he had been holding back, recalling his childhood self, his eyes sparkling in front of the piano.
And I make a firm decision.
Let's find what was lost and put it back where it belonged.
There is one thing Yeonwoo can never let go of, no matter what truth it may be…
"For some reason"
Yeon-woo can't believe that the person lying in the hospital room is her older brother Jin-woo.
Who on earth did this to my brother?
Even on the day his mother left him, leaving behind only a note, and even when his father was abusive, his older brother silently became Yeonwoo's fence.
This time, Yeonwoo tries to protect her broken brother.
But people say that Hyung is the perpetrator before he is the victim, and as he gets closer to the truth, Yeonwoo's anxiety grows.
'No, there's no way my brother would do that.'
How to turn my feet to follow my heart.
"Meet Santa Claus"
From some point on, Purum was overcome with a strange feeling for no reason and couldn't focus on anything.
I couldn't concentrate on my studies, my grades kept dropping, and I lost interest in anything.
After learning that So-won's father, a six-year-old girl playing alone at the playground, is a firefighter, Purum thinks of her middle school friend Yu-jeong, who also dreamed of becoming a firefighter.
One day, Yujeong's desk was filled with trash, and the other kids started secretly avoiding her.
Purum wonders if the incident started because of a single word she said without thinking.
With the sudden appearance of So-won, who has intruded into her daily life, Purum looks back on the earnest longing of Yu-jeong that she had ignored.
What we finally discover in today's difficult times
A novel that offers warm comfort with a delicate and affectionate gaze.
"If That's You" depicts the process and courage of those who have fallen to get back up.
A situation where you have to fight against despair that you have never experienced before, a future that seems to be in the dark, the earnestness of someone you have turned away from and passed by, a heart that is shaken by the small actions of a child you like…
In today's difficult times, what they ultimately discover is not blessings or great luck elsewhere, but the hope and courage for tomorrow within themselves.
Different problems weigh on them, but they endure the pain fiercely and decide to do what they can.
The person who protects them, the dream they had as a child, the sincerity they now understand, the heart that has begun to look back on someone, gives them the strength to move forward again.
Their appearance, encapsulated in neat and delicate sentences, will quietly provide comfort to readers who are caring for their own pain.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: December 13, 2024
- Page count, weight, size: 176 pages | 290g | 140*205*11mm
- ISBN13: 9791141608576
- ISBN10: 114160857X
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