Bibliograph

Every falling star, how I survived and escaped North Korea, by Sungju Lee and Susan Elizabeth McClelland

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Every falling star, how I survived and escaped North Korea, by Sungju Lee and Susan Elizabeth McClelland

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Every falling star

Responsibility statement

by Sungju Lee and Susan Elizabeth McClelland

Sub title

how I survived and escaped North Korea

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

Target audience

juvenile

resource.variantTitle

True story of how I survived and escaped North Korea

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