02837cam a2200577 4500 589487149 TxAuBib 20220723120000.0 ||||||s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781613123409 161312340X B01IDGS6WG Amazon 21c39b91-8501-4470-a259-b4316ff6ae14 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2877560 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Lee, Sungju. Every Falling Star [Libby eBook] : The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea. ABRAMS, Inc. (Ignition), 2016. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 4119kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 3675kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. contemporary north korea. escape from north korea. oppressive regime. fear of execution. homeless child. intense memoir. scabrous story. stealing rides. dictatorship. cargo trains. true story. new family. starving. Riveting. Thieves. culture. begging. Biopic. gang. HTML:<b>Written for a young audience, this intense memoir explores the harsh realities of life on the streets in contemporary North Korea.</b><br /> <i>Every Falling Star</i> 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.<br /> 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. Biography & Autobiography. Young Adult Nonfiction. Multi-Cultural. Geography. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-23 20:00:03. McClelland, Susan Elizabeth. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=21c39b91-8501-4470-a259-b4316ff6ae14&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=21c39b91-8501-4470-a259-b4316ff6ae14&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=21c39b91-8501-4470-a259-b4316ff6ae14&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)