Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea by Sungju Lee, Susan Elizabeth McClelland

Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea

Sungju Lee, Susan Elizabeth McClelland

314 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced

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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 create...

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Moods

emotional 72%
sad 72%
dark 57%
tense 48%
inspiring 45%
informative 42%
reflective 39%
hopeful 33%
challenging 30%
adventurous 27%
mysterious 3%

Pace

medium 66%
fast 26%
slow 6%

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