Bibliograph

Every falling star, the true story of how I survived and escaped North Korea, Sungju Lee & Susan McClelland

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Every falling star, the true story of how I survived and escaped North Korea, Sungju Lee & Susan McClelland

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Every falling star

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Sungju Lee & Susan McClelland

Sub title

the true story of how I survived and escaped North Korea

Summary

Written for a young audience, this intense memoir explores the harsh realities of life on the streets in contemporary North Korea. Every Falling Star is the memoir of Sungju Lee, who at the age of twelve was forced to live on the streets of North Korea 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 daily 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

Target audience

adult

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