A raw YA memoir of a North Korean boy cast onto the streets at twelve, surviving through gang brotherhood amid hunger and danger.
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A raw YA memoir of a North Korean boy cast onto the streets at twelve, surviving through gang brotherhood amid hunger and danger.
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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 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...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Prostitution references ('night flowers'); sexual violence against girls noted
Violence & gore
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Beatings, gang fights, killings, starvation; gory illness detail
Profanity
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No evidence found in available sources
Substance use
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Tween/teen street kids drink and use drugs amid survival desperation
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No evidence found in available sources
Religious content
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Quasi-religious devotion to Kim leaders; loss of faith in regime
Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic present
Occult / demonology
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No occult content present
Political content
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Central focus on North Korean regime, hierarchy, and denied freedoms
Self-harm / suicide
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No evidence found in available sources
Abuse & suffering
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Child abandonment, starvation, exploitation, assault, systemic cruelty
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