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“Love is a magic that heals all hurts in this world.”
The daring adventures of a girl who passed through darkness to bring hope!

Aina is an ordinary twelve-year-old girl who loves nature and people and has a heart full of love. After a factory zone is built on the mainland, the sea around Aina's home on Curativa Island quickly becomes polluted. Aina's mother and father have left Aina and her grandmother behind on the island so they could go to the mainland to earn money. But Aina hasn't heard from her parents in some time, and after the grandmother she depends on dies, Curativa Island is swallowed up by a tsunami. Aina, now having lost everything, goes to the mainland to search for her parents. But the mainland is infested with the deadly purata virus and is unsafe. What awaits Aina as she bravely journeys through a land suffering from natural disasters, pollution, and the virus? Can she make everything right again?

A second storybook from Suyoung Kim,
the author of The Magic Caf? that Cooks up Dreams,
a life-changing book for elementary students

Aina the Healer is the second creative children's story written by Suyoung Kim to bring her message of hope and dreams to over 500,000 readers through this and her other books, which include What is Your Dream?; Soul Spa; and Write Your Dreams, Write Your Future. Suyoung Kim is also the author of The Magic Caf? that Cooks up Dreams, a book considered life-changing for elementary students, and the picture book The Whole Universe Loves You, written for her first child. She decided, after learning her second child would be a girl, to write a book that would help young girls to grow into strong women not easily defeated by a rough world. She regretted that many widely read fairy tales with female protagonists featured the girls marrying aristocrats and then living happily ever after. Instead, she wanted to write a fairy tale about an independent girl in charge of her own life. This book, published for the author's daughter's first birthday, is a gift from the author dedicated to all the world's daughters.

About the Surprising Power of Love to Heal the World's Sickness

The protagonist Aina valiantly follows her own path to recover what she has lost and doesn’t give up despite the hardships she endures. In the process, she meets creatures from the sky, sea, and land hurt by humankind's greed and disinterest and strives with all her heart to save them. Aina faces a perilous journey as she encounters people in a city filled with hate, nearly drowns, is swept up in a cyclone, and is chased by a monster. But Aina remembers her talks with her grandmother, who revealed to her the value of nature and the power of love, and with that she overcomes her trials and finally cleanses the polluted world. She doesn't shrink back from difficulties as she saves those in pain. The narrative of Aina's independent, active life will inspire the children who read this book to develop self-directed behavior of their own.

A Story Crafted by Mothers and Children Together

Like its predecessor The Magic Caf? that Cooks up Dreams, Aina the Healer is a book that perfectly reflects the thoughts of actual elementary students. The author collected opinions from a readers’ committee consisting of eight mothers and their daughters while writing the story. She also took feedback from 50 elementary school students to complete the manuscript. As readers actively participated in the writing of this book, the structure and portrayals are tightly woven and at just the right level for children. Thirty-five full-color pictures drawn in a cartoon style add to the vibrancy and immersion of the book.

A Book that Inspires Respect for the Environment and Inner Strength!

As the world is dominated by development and industrial progress, the beautiful creatures of the Earth struggle for survival and are even at risk of extinction. Like nature mounting a counterattack, the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the world, bringing significant and unpredictable changes. Aina the Healer is a good reflection of the modern reality of suffering from COVID and fine dust. Reading this book will provoke children to consider what they can do to save the ruined environment and will inspire a love of nature and respect for ecosystems. Children will also develop inner strength to advance their own lives in better directions by discovering the courageous adventures of Aina.

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"First there was soil, and an apple seed fell there. The seed sprouted after the rain, and then the sun and wind helped it grow into an apple tree that made apples. Everything we eat goes through that kind of process. We, and everything else on Earth, come from soil, water, wind, and fire.”

“Everyone has to live through difficult times. But you can choose whether you live as a victim who hates the world or as a great creator who overcomes those difficult things to bring greater blessings from sadness."

"Love is the magic that heals all hurts in this world. We are all born with that magic. You've already used it a few times. You have enough power to heal the sick and injured."

"The Earth Goddess takes many forms. She may be a rose, or a deer, or a magpie. All living creatures, even people, come from the Gods. The Gods are in the skies and on Earth, but also in our hearts."