| Title |
Every Falling Star : The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea / Sungju Lee. |
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| Publication Info. |
[Place of publication not identified] : Abrams / Vearsa Limited, [2016] |
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©2016 |
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| Description |
1 online resource (344 pages) |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
| Access |
Access limited to subscribing institutions. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Lee, Sungju -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile literature.
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Lee, Sungju -- Family -- Juvenile literature.
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Boys -- Korea (North) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Homeless boys -- Korea (North) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Street children -- Korea (North) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Survival -- Korea (North) -- Juvenile literature.
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YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional.
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Korea (North) -- History -- 1994-2011 -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Korea (North) -- Social conditions -- Juvenile literature.
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| Genre |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
McClelland, Susan.
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Freading.
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| ISBN |
9781613123409 (epub) |
| Standard No. |
9781613123409 |
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| ISBN |
9781613123409 (epub) |
| Standard No. |
9781613123409 |
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