Receive Every Falling Star: The True Story Of How I Survived And Escaped North Korea : Lee, Sungju, McClelland, Susan, Shih, David Formulated By Sungju Lee, Susan McClelland Represented In Script

was theth book on North Korea and its defectors I've read, and it's one of the ones that has really stayed with me, Inbetween reads, this book and the

people in it were all that were on my mind, Incredibly gripping, and incredibly insightful to the lives of gang members in North Korea that hasn't been touched upon in other books of this subject, I'd absolutely recommend it to anyone and everyone I know, A well written and very moving narrative, There are several recent books published telling stories of woe from North Korea, Every Falling Star leads the pack, A vivid account and a must read, especially for those that have little knowledge of this remote and recluse country and the hardships average citizens are experiencing, On a recent visit to South Korea, I gazed north across the DMZ into North Korea territory and for a westerner, it is so hard to assimilate that events like this occurred and are probably still occurring.
An intense account and highly recommended material, A truly harrowing story of a young North Korean boy whose parents abandoned him in their search for food during the Arduous March of the's in which hundreds of thousands died of starvation.
For four years Sungju was forced to become a street kid Kotjebi, living and sleeping rough on village streets outside Pyongyang, He formed his own gang of similar kids who only managed to survive by stealing food and their basis necessities from street markets or by fighting off other Kotjebi and stealing their food and clothes.
Once you begin reading Sungju's account, you will not be able to put it down, His story, however, does end on a positive note, Great support from the seller, in the book unbelievable but true life story, It teach you appreciate the liitle things which you don't give much attention and respect your life as it is, Show us how the harsh life really is, Outstanding, I read all the books about North Korea and by those who risked torture and death for freedom, 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, .