Synopsis: Yunjae's brain part called Amygdala is size of Almonds. His mother made him eat Almonds from all over the world to help his brain part grow but nothing happen.

Why Almond: Yunjae's brain part called Amygdala is size of Almonds. His mother made him eat Almonds from all over the world to help his brain part grow but nothing happen.

Context: This the story about a young Korean boy, Yunjae who is 16 years old living with his mother and grandmother. They were living together on the roof top of their bookstore. Yunjae was born with Alexithymia, a rare condition in which a person can't understand emotions, rely/respond to emotions. Yunjae never know about emotions because he didn't even know what emotions are. Once on a Christmas eve, Yunjae's family got into a violent attack which was not supposed to happen on the best day. The event left Yunjae very shocked that he stopped responding on everything. Yunjae's mother felt devastated as his son is no longer capable of understanding anything, But she kept hope in her son and start teaching him about emotions. She prints every letter with emotions on it about happiness, sadness, sorrow, jealousy. She teaches him to react an emotions. His mom and grandmother teaches him about-'How to react when someone is appreciating you' and 'when to say thankyou'.Yunjae's family supported him. Yunjae is a calm boy, he is intelligent but he didn't know how to respond to other.As time passes, Yunjae finally started to react but his reaction was not real, they were fake emotions. He has to pretend.

About the Author: Won-Pyung Sohn is a Korean director, script writer and novelist. This is the debut novel of Won-Pyung Son. The Author focussed on the problem of difference in children. Because the Author herself gave birth to a kid thinking if her kid is different- will she accept it? Can she take care of kid even if the kid is different from other. By focussing on this subject she created two character-Yunjae & Gon.

My favourite line from book: "Mom wanted me to live a normal life. Sometime I get confused what that actually means, though." and " But Books are quiet. They remain dead silent until somebody flips open a page."

Why you should read this book?

It is an interesting story. It tells you to how to line life happily even if you in problem or have troubled past or any other problem. And how friendship matter so much in their life. "Almond"- Because the boy Yunjae his troubled disorder that his part of Brain 'Amygdala is like almond shaped.

The first half if about Yunjae & his life and how his life was. But the second half is more focused about Yunjae & a transfer student Gon.

Gon was a rude, angry faced person. He was a transfer student. Gon started to bully Yunjae. Gon started to tease Yunjae. But Yunjae always remain calm, watching his reaction on bullying, Gon started to feel bad about Yunjae. Gon started to understand Yunjae as he sees both of them common, one with no emotions & other with negative emotions. Gon has a troubled past that's why he was always angry & rude to others but seeing Yunjae's calm personality. Gon finally decided to become friend with Yunjae.

This story revolves around Yunjae and Gon's friendship & finding their true self. Both were born with difference. This story is about living life like a normal person even if you have problems in your life. This book interests me because of their personality, their lifestyle, the hardwork, the problems they faced and still how they managed to live like a normal. This story gives me essence of life & how to live life better even if you have troubled past or you living with conditions.