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★ Amnesty International Recommended Human Rights Book

★ Winner of the grand prize in the Youth Category at the 1st Wisdom House Fantasy Literature Award.

★ Korean Publishers Association’s Best Young Adult Book of the Year

★ Winner of the 2nd Shingu Cultural Award (Selected as Book of the Year by 500 librarians nationwide)

★ Selected as a book for teenagers at Gyeongnam Book Contest

★ Selected as the Book of the Year in 14 cities Book Contest

★ More than 66,000 copies sold since publication in September 2023.

A mesmerizing tale about those who feel transparent but find the courage to exist again. If you have ever been afraid of being forgotten, this novel will remind you that there is always someone ready to find you.

Seong Jaeseong is not like other boys his age. His hypersensitivity to sounds makes him similar to an infant suddenly catapulted into the world. That is why he always has headphones on his ears, to shield himself from the noises that surround him and crush him to the point of taking his breath away. But perhaps precisely because of this, Jaeseong also has a rare and special gift: he can hear those he calls Biscuit - people who are invisible in the eyes of most, humiliated, forgotten, whose hearts have been trampled over and over again, and whose presence has faded to the point of almost disappearing. Jaeseong has decided to take care of these broken souls, as fragile as biscuits that crumble at the slightest bump. Not least because he is convinced that by saving them he could break his personal curse and save himself. Helping him in his mission are his two best friends, a boy, Deokhwan and a girl, Hyojin, calm and thoughtful the first, instinctive the latter. Together they form an unlikely trio of avengers who will do anything to help a Biscuit now at their breaking point, to regain their self-confidence and their way in life.

Kim Sun Mi is a best-selling, award-winning Kortean author. She debuted receiving the Excellence Award at the 3rd Mystery and Thriller Novel Contest for To a murderer in 2019. With The Biscuits she won the grand prize in the Youth Category at the 1st Wisdom House Fantasy Literature Award.