| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 205 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Never heard the word "love" -- The boy who ate his mother's lunch -- School days -- The upper crust -- Mother tries to escape -- Mother tries to escape, version two -- This son of a bitch won't do -- The sun shines even on mouse holes -- Avoiding mother's eyes -- Reactionary son of a bitch -- Working man -- Napping on the farm -- Sewing and snitching -- Deciding not to snitch -- Preparing to run -- The fence -- Stealing -- Riding north -- The border -- China -- Asylum -- K'uredit k'adus -- South Koreans are not so interested -- U.S.A. |
| Summary |
Twenty-six years ago, Shin Dong-hyuk was born inside Camp 14, one of five sprawling political prisons in the mountains of North Korea. This is the gripping, terrifying story of his escape from this no-exit prison-- to freedom in South Korea. |
| Audience |
1130 Lexile. |
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1130L Lexile |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR UG 8.1 10 159179 |
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Accelerated Reader UG 8.1 10 159179 |
| Summary |
Presents a dramatic account by one of the few survivors born in North Korea's infamous political prison camps, describing the brutal conditions he was forced to endure as a child, his witnessing of his family's executions, and his final, harrowing escape. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-205). |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Subject |
Sin, Tong-hyŏk, 1982-
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Sin, Tong-hyŏk, 1982- |
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Political prisoners -- Korea (North) -- Biography.
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Concentration camps -- Korea (North)
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Forced labor -- Korea (North)
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Concentration camps. |
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Forced labor. |
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Political prisoners. |
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Social conditions. |
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Nonfiction. |
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Biography & Autobiography. |
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Korea (North) -- Social conditions.
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Korea (North) |
| Genre |
Downloadable e-Books.
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Electronic books. |
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Biography.
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| Added Title |
Escape from Camp Fourteen |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Harden, Blaine. Escape from Camp 14 New York : Viking, 2012 9780670023325 (DLC) 2011037555 (OCoLC)733230600 |
| ISBN |
9781101561263 : $48.00 |
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1101561262 : $48.00 |
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