Every Falling Star
By Sungju Lee and Susan Elizabeth McClelland (Amulet, an imprint of ABRAMS)
- Non-fiction
- Set in North Korea
Keywords: politics, survival, friendship, resilience
A timely and gripping autobiographical account of a teenage boy in North Korea. An authentic view of the “inside” of North Korea, and the reality of the life of ordinary citizens living under a regime of severe political constraints that has isolated itself from the world. Students will gain a better understanding both of why some North Korean people support the regime as well as why others try to escape. Excellent non-fiction read for high school students.
Every Falling Star video with the author Sungju Lee
North Korea in the World from East-West Center and National Committee on North Korea
Korea Society in New York City lesson plans
Conflict on the Korean Peninsula: North Korea and the Nuclear Threat (Choices Program, Brown University)
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An Indies Introduce Selection of the American Booksellers Association
A Junior Library Guild Selection
2016 Parent’s Choice Award winner
2016 Cyblis Award Winner
2017 CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People
2017 Notable Books for a Global Society
2018 Sakura Medal, nominee