CONTENT NOTIFICATIONS
Social Issue: Harsh Realities of Life,Violence: Mild Violence
Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea
By Sungju Lee and Elizabeth McClelland, Susan Elizabeth McClelland
Edition
CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2017, 9–12
2017 Notable Books for a Global Society
Parents’ Choice Award Winner, Nonfiction Silver
2016 Cybils Award Winner, Young Adult Nonfiction
By Sungju Lee and Elizabeth McClelland, Susan Elizabeth McClelland
Hardcover edition
Publisher Abrams Imprint Amulet ISBN9781419721328
Awards and Honors 2019 Red Maple Award Non-Fiction WinnerCBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2017, 9–12
2017 Notable Books for a Global Society
Parents’ Choice Award Winner, Nonfiction Silver
2016 Cybils Award Winner, Young Adult Nonfiction
Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea
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9781419721328J
This 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. Letter from the author. A brief history of twentieth-century Korea. Glossary.
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