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In the tunnel

Fourteen-year-old Myung-gi flees North Korea with his family during the height of the devastating Korean War, beginning an epic struggle for survival that pushes them to the brink.

Main Author: Lee, Julie (Children's fiction writer) (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Holiday House, [2023]
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Refugees > Juvenile fiction.
Survival > Juvenile fiction.
Korean War, 1950-1953 > Juvenile fiction.
Korea (North) > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction > Juvenile.
Summary: Fourteen-year-old Myung-gi flees North Korea with his family during the height of the devastating Korean War, beginning an epic struggle for survival that pushes them to the brink.
Physical Description: 332 pages ; 22 cm
Audience: Ages 8-12.
Grades 4-6.
ISBN: 9780823450398
0823450392
Author Notes: Julie Lee, a marketer-turned-writer, lives in an Atlanta suburb with her three children and her husband. A first-generation American, her mother escaped North Korea during the Korean War and later immigrated to the United States. Julie studied history at Cornell before working in advertising in Manhattan, eventually relocating to the South.

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