Trapped in an enemy tunnel, a young refugee experiences the Korean War
firsthand in this searing story of survival, loss, and hope, a companion
to the Freeman Award-winning novel Brother's Keeper.
Myung-gi knows war is coming: War between North and South Korea. Life in
communist North Korea has become more and more unbearable--there is no
freedom of speech, movement, association, or thought--and his parents
have been carefully planning the family's escape.
But when his father is abducted by the secret police, all those plans
fall apart. How can Myung-gi leave North Korea without his dad?
Especially when he believes that the abduction was his fault?
Set during a cataclysmic war which shaped the world we know today, this
is the story of one boy's coming-of-age during a time when inhumanity,
lawlessness, and terror reigned supreme. With only each other, Myung-gi,
his mother, and his twelve-year-old sister Yoomee do everything they can
to protect one another. But gentle, quiet, bookish Myung-gi has plans to
find his father at any cost--even if it means joining the army and being
sent to the front lines, where his deepest fears await him.
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection