Happy Ending at Twelve
Author이필원Illustrator안유진PublishedAugust 18, 2026
Pages · Size160p · 146*212ISBN9791167556035Category어린이책 / 창작동화Price15,000원
Target Readers초등 5-6학년Curriculum국어
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About This Book
The moment we fall for someone, we become a different person from who we were yesterday—because that feeling can make the world shine brighter, or ache a little more. The first flutter, the first confession, the first goodbye that a twelve-year-old faces… Perhaps that once-in-a-lifetime first encounter with love is the very thing that helps a child's heart grow the most. What will a twelve-year-old "I" discover in the landscape where those feelings have led?
Happy Ending at Twelve is a collection of stories set against the backdrop of summer, following twelve-year-olds as they take their first steps toward growing up through love. There is the narrator who was thrilled by a first confession yet parts ways before a second season begins; Ye-eun, who travels to Seoul to find a gift for the sixth-grader she likes, only to meet an unexpected setback; Geonpil, who receives a fan letter from a secret reader of his stories; Jongseo, who loses a beloved older sister but vows never to forget her; a narrator who wonders whether anyone could ever be loved more than a pet dog; and another narrator who waits for Eunbin, who has departed on a journey to outer space. Six children—curious about love, sensing its approach—encounter it for the first time, rendered as transparently as summer light. They scribble confessions on heart-shaped postcards, blush when their feelings nearly show, and sometimes, through a first goodbye, come to understand themselves a little better. This book offers its young readers a warm and reassuring message: even after a first love ends, your own "happy ending" will surely remain.
Happy Ending at Twelve is a collection of stories set against the backdrop of summer, following twelve-year-olds as they take their first steps toward growing up through love. There is the narrator who was thrilled by a first confession yet parts ways before a second season begins; Ye-eun, who travels to Seoul to find a gift for the sixth-grader she likes, only to meet an unexpected setback; Geonpil, who receives a fan letter from a secret reader of his stories; Jongseo, who loses a beloved older sister but vows never to forget her; a narrator who wonders whether anyone could ever be loved more than a pet dog; and another narrator who waits for Eunbin, who has departed on a journey to outer space. Six children—curious about love, sensing its approach—encounter it for the first time, rendered as transparently as summer light. They scribble confessions on heart-shaped postcards, blush when their feelings nearly show, and sometimes, through a first goodbye, come to understand themselves a little better. This book offers its young readers a warm and reassuring message: even after a first love ends, your own "happy ending" will surely remain.
★ Elementary Curriculum Connections ★
Grade 5, Semester 1, Korean Language – Unit 2: Appreciating Literary Works
Grade 5, Semester 1, Korean Language – Unit 10: Becoming the Main Character
Grade 6, Semester 1, Korean Language – Unit 9: Writing to Share Your Heart
Grade 6, Semester 2, Korean Language – Unit 1: Characters in Stories and Me
Grade 6, Semester 2, Korean Language – Unit 8: Experiencing Through Literature
Grade 5, Semester 1, Korean Language – Unit 2: Appreciating Literary Works
Grade 5, Semester 1, Korean Language – Unit 10: Becoming the Main Character
Grade 6, Semester 1, Korean Language – Unit 9: Writing to Share Your Heart
Grade 6, Semester 2, Korean Language – Unit 1: Characters in Stories and Me
Grade 6, Semester 2, Korean Language – Unit 8: Experiencing Through Literature