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Can I read Every Falling Star : The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea on EtoBox?
Every Falling Star : The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea by Sungju Lee and Susan Elizabeth McClelland is a ya nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Every Falling Star : The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea about?
<i>Every Falling Star</i>, 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
Who reads Every Falling Star : The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea?
It is typically read by young readers, and the parents and educators who guide them.
Common subject areas: juvenile, young adult.
- Author
- Sungju Lee and Susan Elizabeth McClelland
- Publisher
- Amulet Books
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781613123409
- Category
- ya nonfiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction, History
- Rating
- 4.24 / 5 (919 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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