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Juwon is a reclusive teenager who struggles to leave his apartment and relies on his family to bring him groceries. Worrying about his future and knowing he can't keep going this way forever he decides he needs to make a plan to change his life. This sets him on a path to meet other people who similarly want to reconnect with the world they've shut themselves away from, including Yumi who has a special gift for magic.
This is pretty perfect for language learners because a lot of the vocab is extremely high frequency. It starts off describing in detail the day to day rituals of people who never leave their homes. As the characters start to venture further out into the world they experience and struggle with a lot of what would otherwise be mundane activities for the first time.
Towards the end of the book the plot takes a turn and the stakes are suddenly raised, I wasn't expecting the ending based on the first 2/3 of the book but while it was a bit heavyhanded it wasn't unenjoyable.
Overall I enjoyed how positive a read it was. The characters have all experienced hardship but are on individual journeys of self empowerment throughout the novel.