| Title | : | Every Falling Star : The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea |
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| Author | : | Susan McClelland & Sungju Lee |
| Release | : | 2016-09-13 |
| Kind | : | audiobook |
| Genre | : | Kids & Young Adults |
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| 1 | Every Falling Star : The True Story of H | Susan McClelland & Sungju Lee |
| Every Falling Star, the first book to portray contemporary North Korea to a young audience, is the intense memoir of a North Korean boy named Sungju who is forced at age twelve to live on the streets and fend for himself. To survive, Sungju creates a gang and lives by thieving, fighting, begging, and stealing rides on cargo trains. Sungju richly re-creates his scabrous story, depicting what it was like for a boy alone to create a new family with his gang, his "brothers"; to be hungry and to fear arrest, imprisonment, and even execution. This riveting memoir allows young listeners to learn about other cultures where freedoms they take for granted do not exist. |
