★Rights Sold: TV Series Adaptation (Malaysia)
★More than 181000 copies sold.

Shu Ruo Shuan was a 12-year-old boy. He went for a tour to New Zealand with his parents during the school holidays in 2008.

Unfortunately, an avalanche occured and he was frozen in the snow. In year 2044, as a result of the greenhouse effect, the climate became warmer; icebergs started to melt and caused the rising of sea level. A lot of plains and cities were submerged in water and this changed the map of the world. Land on the world had become smaller while the number of small islands increased. Ruo Shuan, who was being frozen in ice, floated away with the waves to a small island.

In the year 2055, a doctor defroze Ruo Shuan and he became alive. His actual age was 59 years old, but his physiological age was only at 12 years.

Ruo Shuan woke up in a small room. The world had changed and his parents were gone. He was trapped, but he still wanted to help others. Ruo Shuan was not great, but he was narcissist. He was a cheerful boy with a "Handsome-hero-Shu Ruo Shuan" in his heart. When he was in trouble, he would ask the hero in his heart what he should do, and he would do just that.

"Year 55" is a story about how Shu Ruo Shuan ran away from Da Lan Island and went back to his hometown, Pulau Pinang in year 2055.

Khor Ewe Pin,

was born in the state of Kedah, Malaysia in the year 1955. A former teacher, he obtained his first degree in Zoology (University of Malaya), after which he pursued a postgraduate Masters in Education. He had also worked as an editor (both textbooks and others) and was a feature writer too. He started writing teenage novels in 2006. He sold the publication rights of 34 titles to Qingdao Publishing Group and Zhejiang Juvenile and Children’s Publishing House in The People’s Republic of China, to publish his books in simplified Chinese since 2010. He won the first prize in the 4th Xiang Qing Novella Writing Competition, and also came out tops to win the 1st Mahan Literary Award. In year 2020, he won the 6th Nanyang Chinese Literature Award. In year 2021, as a result of home quarantine pandemic prevention, he came to be acquainted with digital illustration. The publication of his first picture book Huha! Huha! serves to fulfill his long-standing wish to become an artist.

Awards
★Won the first prize in the 4th Xiang Qing Novella Writing Competition.
★Won the 1st Mahan Literary Award.
★Bright Times was selected as one of the Top 10 Readers' Choice of the Year (Literature) and Top 10 Virtuoso Recommendation of the Year (Literature) by Sin Chew Daily in 2008.
★A Cold Wind Blows was selected as 50 Best Malaysian Titles for International Rights 2012.
★The Boy and His Sea Turtle was selected as Suggested Reads for Youth by Read! Singapore in 2014.
★Won the 6th Nanyang Chinese Literature Award in 2020.