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Every Falling Star

by Sungju Lee
Susan McClelland
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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 listeners to learn about other cultures where freedoms they take for granted do not exist.
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Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9781515990109
  • File size: 270772 KB
  • Release date: September 13, 2016
  • Duration: 09:24:06
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subjects

Biography & Autobiography Multi-Cultural Geography Young Adult Nonfiction

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:880
Text Difficulty:4-5

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 listeners to learn about other cultures where freedoms they take for granted do not exist.
Expand title description text
Biography & Autobiography Multi-Cultural Geography Young Adult Nonfiction
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