Author(s): David Shih,Sungju Lee,Susan McClelland
Format: CD-Audio
No. of Pages: 0
Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
Language: English
Date Published: 2016-09-13
Dimensions: 137 x 163 x 27mm
Publication City/Country: Old Saybrook, CT, United States
Edition: Unabridged edition
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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.