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Every Falling Star

by Sungju Lee
Susan Elizabeth 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 readers to learn about other cultures where freedoms they take for granted do not exist.

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Publisher: ABRAMS

Kindle Book

  • Release date: September 13, 2016

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  • ISBN: 9781613123409
  • File size: 3763 KB
  • Release date: September 13, 2016

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  • ISBN: 9781613123409
  • File size: 4219 KB
  • Release date: September 13, 2016
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subjects

Biography & Autobiography Multi-Cultural Politics Young Adult Nonfiction

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:5.9
Lexile® Measure:880
Interest Level:6-12(MG+)
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 readers to learn about other cultures where freedoms they take for granted do not exist.

Expand title description text
Biography & Autobiography Multi-Cultural Politics Young Adult Nonfiction