시공사

Jang Bitnara hits it off with the friends she has made in her new school. The three musketeers, Bitnara, Eunjae and Yuri, share a secret journal along with the inner-most details of their lives and build their special friendship. Bitnara is determined to continue this special relationship for a very long time. But one day, she gets a school assignment where she has to research her conception dream—a dream that a mother or close relative usually has about her baby before it is born. Since Bitnara was adopted, she does not know what her conception dream is, and is nervous that her secret might get out. She had been bullied in her previous school when the other kids had found out that she was adopted, which was why she had transferred to the current school. Eventually, Bitnara makes up her conception dream. But the day the students are to give the presentation, a new kid appears—Heo Yun. For some reason, when Bitnara looks at Heo Yun, she is reminded of her days at the orphanage, memories which she had kept tightly locked away. Heo Yun causes cracks in the relationship of the three musketeers and threatens Bitnara’s world. Will Bitnara be able to keep her secret and her friendship?

Hwang Sunmi was born in Hongseong, Chungcheongnam-do. She studied creative writing at the Seoul Institute of the Arts and at the graduate school of Chung-Ang University. She began her writing career when she received the Nongmin Literary Award with her novella, <A Flower Planted in Your Heart> in 1995 and when she received the Criticism of Korea Children’s Literature Literary Prize for New Writers with her short story, <Guseura, Guseura>. She has consistently published children’s stories with profound themes, intricate descriptions of the character’s psychology, and concise yet symbolic sentences. She has enthralled her readers with a number of books including <That Stupid Letter!>,<The Silver Net Heading Out to Sea>,<A Gift Like Magic>,<Eunseo, Don’t Be Afraid!>,<Blue Eyes in a Truck>,<The Necklace Key> and <The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly>. She received the Presidential Citation at the Republic of Korea Culture and Arts Awards and currently teaches creative writing at the Seoul Institute of the Arts.

Lee Yunhee studied animation in college and currently works as an illustrator, creating illustrations for magazines, short comics and children’s books. She has written and illustrated the books, <Autumn Wearing Glasses> and <The Summer When I Was Thirteen>, and she has illustrated books including <But I Do Not Want to>, <A Times-Two Camera>,<Goh Donggu into Luck> and <Dynamite>.