Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea

By Susan Elizabeth McClelland and Sungju Lee

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1419721321
• ISBN13: 9781419721328
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Amulet Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12