Every falling star: the true story of how I survived and escaped North Korea [eAudiobook - hoopla]

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Every falling star: the true story of how I survived and escaped North Korea

(2016)

By: Lee, Sungju

Nonfiction

eAudiobook

Provider: hoopla

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PUBLISHED

[United States] : Tantor Audio : Made available through hoopla, 2016

EDITION

Unabridged

DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (1 audio file (9hr., 25 min.)) : digital

ISBN/ISSN

9781515990109 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) MWT11712630, 1515990109 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 11712630

LANGUAGE

English

NOTES

Read by David Shih

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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