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Item Nr: B 123406 Title: Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea
Grade Lvl: JS Author: Lee, Sungju
Length: 314 Prod/Pub: Amulet Books
Copyright: 2016 Series:
Book Type: N Biographee:
Copies: 2 Loan Period: 42 days
 
  The memoir of a boy named Sungju who grew up in North Korea and, at the age of twelve, was forced to live on the streets and fend for himself after his parents disappeared. Finally, after years of being homeless and living with a gang, Sungju is reunited with his maternal grandparents and, eventually, his father. Autobiography. Survival story. IL 7-12. AR 5.9. RC 5.7. Lexile 880.

  Subjects:
  13 - ADVENTURE AND ADVENTURERS
  1962 - ADVERSITY
  122 - ASIA
  1372 - AUTOBIOGRAPHY
  225 - BOYS
  338 - COMMUNISM
  421 - EAST ASIA
  664 - KOREA
  1678 - LEXILE 800-899
  1876 - LOST CHILDREN
  1968 - MEMOIR
  2003 - NARRATIVE
  1983 - PEOPLE AND PLACES
  1007 - SOCIAL STUDIES
  1046 - SURVIVAL