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Every Falling Star

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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.
Author Susan McClelland, Sungju Lee
Narrator David Shih
Duration 9 hours and 25 minutes
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ISBN 9781515980100
Format Audiobook
Publisher Tantor Media, Inc
Genre Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Politics, Children’s / Teenage social issues: Migration and refugees, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children’s / Teenage: Personal and social topics, Children’s / Teenage: Social issues
Availability AU, GB, IE, US

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