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Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea
By LEE, Sungju & Susan Elizabeth McClelland
- ISBN
- 9781419721328
- Publisher
- Abrams Amulet
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Reviewed on August 1, 2016 | Middle to High School
Gr 6–9—Lee pens his harrowing journey from one of North Korea's city elite to a homeless and hungry vagrant. Lee, an only child, grew up comfortably in the nation's capital of Pyongyang because his father was a well-respected member of the military. Yet with no warning, the boy and his parents were deported to the countryside. Lee, who had known only the strict rituals and decorum of Pyongyang, was initially horrified by life in Gyeong-seong. Mass hunger, public ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
