Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea
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[United States] : Tantor Media, Inc., 2016.
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1 online resource (1 audio file (9hr., 25 min.)) : digital.
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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.

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English
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9781515990109, 1515990109
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MG+
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Lexile measure:
880

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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.
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APA Citation (style guide)

Lee, S., & Shih, D. (2016). Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea. Unabridged. Tantor Media, Inc.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

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

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

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

MLA Citation (style guide)

Lee, Sungju, and David Shih. Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea. Unabridged. Tantor Media, Inc, 2016.

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