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Every falling star : the true story of how I survived and escaped North Korea / Sungju Lee & Susan McClelland.
| Author/creator | Lee, Sungju author. |
| Other author | McClelland, Susan author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York : Amulet Books, [2016] |
| Copyright Date | ©2016 |
| Description | xv, 314 pages ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Scope and content | "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 memoir allows young readers to learn about other cultures where freedoms they take for granted do not exist"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Audience | 880 Lexile |
| Genre/form | Autobiographies. |
| LCCN | 2016002463 |
| ISBN | 9781419721328 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 1419721321 (hardback) |