Lies which makes us feel uneasy!
Can Moon-Gi be proud of himself under the clear sky?
The book, ‘The Sky is So Clear’, written by Hyun, Duk, the frontier of Korean youth novels, is finally published as the series of ‘the first meeting of novel’ with its 11 volumes. The book contains two stories in one book – ‘The Sky is So Clear’, the story of a boy named Moon-Gi, who feels upset after secretly spending all the money he has gained by accident, and ‘Sweet Potatoes’, the story of a boy named Gi-Soo, who happens to be suspicious about his classmate after their sweet potato garden was ruined by somebody. The illustrator, Lee, Ji Yeon, helps contemporary readers feel deeply touched by expressing the background in 1930s and 1940s in a friendly way. She also has been selected as ‘The Illustrator of This Year’ in Bologna Children’s Book Fair, 2018.
The life of my mother who raised me by working for a noodle store for 20 years
The title story, ‘The Sky is So Clear’, is about a boy named Moon-Gi, who lives with his uncle, because of his poor family. One day, he gains a lot of money unexpectedly while doing some errands to help his aunt. He has spent all the money to buy toys and comic books with his friend, Soo Man, and he feels so upset and nervous. Furthermore, he even makes another trouble because of his friend, Soo Man, so his worries are getting bigger and bigger.
Respect and belief in our kids just as they are
The main character, Gi Soo, of another book, ‘Sweet Potato’, one day finds out that someone ruined their sweet potato garden in school. Someone has stolen and eaten sweet potatoes. All the friends in his class point out Soo Man, who is poor, as a thief, but Gi Soo wants to protect Soo Man. Since he wants to stay with Soo Man as a friend who used to be close with Soo Man, and since he also believes that we should not suspect anyone just because he or she is poor, he decides to be sided with Soo Man. However, he also cannot help suspecting Soo Man in the end.