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 78%
sad 76%
dark 57%
informative 42%
tense 42%
inspiring 37%
reflective 37%
challenging 30%
hopeful 26%
adventurous 21%
mysterious 1%

Pace

medium 62%
fast 31%
slow 5%

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