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ANTICIPATED The Emissary meets The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime in this
poignant and triumphant story about how love friendship and persistence can change a life
forever. This story is in short about a monster meeting another monster. One of the monsters
is me. Yunjae was born with a brain condition called Alexithymia that makes it hard for him to
feel emotions like fear or anger. He does not have friends?the two almond-shaped neurons
located deep in his brain have seen to that?but his devoted mother and grandmother provide him
with a safe and content life. Their little home above his mother's used bookstore is decorated
with colorful Post-it notes that remind him when to smile when to say thank you and when to
laugh. Then on Christmas Eve?Yunjae's sixteenth birthday?everything changes. A shocking act of
random violence shatters his world leaving him alone and on his own. Struggling to cope with
his loss Yunjae retreats into silent isolation until troubled teenager Gon arrives at his
school and they develop a surprising bond. As Yunjae begins to open his life to new
people?including a girl at school?something slowly changes inside him. And when Gon suddenly
finds his life at risk Yunjae will have the chance to step outside of every comfort zone he
has created to perhaps become the hero he never thought he would be. Readers of Wonder by R.J.
Palaccio and Ginny Moon by Benjamin Ludwig will appreciate this resonant story that gives
Yunjae the courage to claim an entirely different story. (Booklist starred review) Translated
from the Korean by Sandy Joosun Lee.
