Every Falling Star : : the True Story of how I Survived and Escaped North Korea
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Call Number: Teen 921 Lee, Sungju, Teen Book / Nonfiction / Biography
On Shelf At: Downtown Library
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"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"-- Provided by publisher.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Amulet Books, 2016.
Year Published: 2016
Description: 314 pages ; 21 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781419721328
1419721321
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
McClelland, Susan.
SUBJECTS
Lee, Sungju -- Childhood and youth.
Lee, Sungju -- Family.
Boys -- Korea (North) -- Biography.
Homeless boys -- Korea (North) -- Biography.
Street children -- Korea (North) -- Biography.
Survival -- Korea (North)
Korea (North) -- History -- 1994-2011 -- Biography.
Korea (North) -- Social conditions.