Every Falling Star, Sungju Lee
Every Falling Star, Sungju Lee
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Every Falling Star
The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea

Author: Sungju Lee, Susan McClelland

Narrator: David Shih

Unabridged: 9 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/13/2016


Synopsis

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.

About Sungju Lee

Sungju Lee speaks across Europe, Asia, and North America about his experiences and about North Korean political social issues. He lives in South Korea but studies in England.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sungju on July 08, 2016

Dear friends, if I summarize my book, Every Falling Star, there are three words for me to share with you. HOPE, COURAGE, LOVE. You will figure out how these values made me strong on the street while you are reading it. Hope is never lost.......more

Goodreads review by Emily May on August 02, 2016

North Korea is indeed a Hermit Kingdon: a true-to-life dystopian nation. It's against this backdrop that my story takes place. This book really made me want to learn. Before reading, I knew some things about North Korea. I had a vague understanding of how the North and South were split and how the......more

Goodreads review by kate on April 19, 2017

An incredibly insightful, heartbreaking and fascinating read. As someone who's not as educated on North Korea and it's history as they'd like, I found this to be such a brilliantly educational and page turning read. I loved the way it was somewhat simply written, meaning it was very easy to follow a......more

Goodreads review by Nicole on September 09, 2023

Wow. This book was enlightening. I already familiar with the situation in North Korea, its relation with South Korea and the world. But. I didn’t know how people are loving there. Sadly, a lot of the content was something we’d read about in dystopia or alternative universe. A must read for anyone wh......more

Goodreads review by Kris on September 08, 2016

"At twelve years old, I now had to look after myself. I had no one to rely on to guide me to make the best decisions for my life. I had no one to come home to who would hold me and make me feel the world was safe." This is the most powerful book I have read this year. It's full of hope, bravery, c......more