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Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea
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Author:
Lee, Sungju
Author:
McClelland, Susan Elizabeth
Published:
ABRAMS, Inc. 2016
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Lexile measure:
880L
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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.
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Street Date:
09/13/2016
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781613123409
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Lexile measure:
880
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Sungju Lee. (2016). Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea. ABRAMS, Inc.

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Sungju Lee. 2016. Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea. ABRAMS, Inc.

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Sungju Lee, Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea. ABRAMS, Inc, 2016.

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Sungju Lee. Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea. ABRAMS, Inc, 2016.

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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.
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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.
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