Every Falling Star

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.