Every falling star
Subtitle: the true story of how I survived and escaped North Korea
By: by Sungju Lee and Susan Elizabeth McClelland
Contributors: McClelland, Susan
Publisher: Abrams
Published: 2016
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9781419721328
Subjects: Street children; Family; Survival; Boys; Homeless boys; Social conditions; Childhood and youth; Biography; History
Description: 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.
Notes: 789Y Childrens Plus, Inc.