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

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Every falling star

by Sungju Lee & Susan Elizabeth McClelland

how I survived and escaped North Korea

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 recreates 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 younger listeners to learn about other cultures where freedoms they take for granted do not exist

adolescent