Win one of five copies of Every Falling Star: The true story of how I survived and escaped North Korea by Sungju Lee.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 the age of 12, to live on the streets and fend for himself. To survive, Sungju created a gang and survived by thieving, fighting, begging and stealing rides on cargo trains.
Sungju, a formerly pampered son of the elite, richly re-creates his harrowing story, showing what it was like for a boy alone to create a new family with his gang, to be hungry and to fear arrest, imprisonment and even execution.This riveting memoir gives young readers an insight into a profoundly repressed culture in which the freedoms they take for granted do not exist.
To enter, tell us how old Sungju is when he is forced to live on the streets. Write your answer on the back of an envelope and mail to Every Falling Star Competition, Good Reading, 14/7 Rosebery Place, Balmain NSW 2041 or enter here on our website. ANSWER: 12[/b]
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