Theme: Self-esteem

Caramba

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Caramba is a fat, furry, striped cat with a big problem. “Every single cat in the world can fly,” he sighs, “except me!” Caramba would love to swoop and glide between the clouds, to feel the wind whistling through his fur. He tries to soar into the sky over and over again but always lands [...]

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Dog Boy

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: July 7, 2007

Given to the Great Fater on the night of his birth, Boy is reared by a dog in a village whose people barely tolerate him, despite signs that he is favored, then travels far, striving to find his rightful place in the brutal world of humans.

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Markus + Diana

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: July 7, 2007

A moment of false bravado and some imaginative letters allow shy, anxiety-ridden, thirteen-year-old Markus to connect with a Hollywood star, but when she returns home to Norway she wants to meet the thirty-six-year-old millionaire she believes him to be.  

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I Am The Messenger

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: July 2, 2007

After capturing a bank robber, nineteen-year-old cab driver Ed Kennedy begins receiving mysterious messages that direct him to addresses where people need help, and he begins getting over his lifelong feeling of worthlessness.

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