Every falling star : the true story of how I survived and escaped North Korea

Author

Sungju Lee

Call Number

• 921 L48175 TEEN (OSH)

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Publication Information

New York : Amulet Books, [2016]

Physical Description

xv, 314 pages ; 22 cm

Summary

"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 readers to learn about other cultures where freedoms they take for granted do not exist"--