In the Shadow of the Sun

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Publication Year:
2017

ISBN-13: 9780545905763

<I>Hatchet</I> in North Korea: A sister and brother go on the run with explosive forbidden photographs in this gripping and timely survival adventure.<P></P>North Korea is known as the most repressive country on Earth, with a dictatorial leader, a starving population, and harsh punishment for rebellion.Not the best place for a family vacation.Yet that's exactly where Mia Andrews finds herself, on a tour with her aid-worker father and fractious older brother, Simon. Mia was adopted from South Korea as a baby, and the trip raises tough questions about where she really belongs. Then her dad is arrested for spying, just as forbidden photographs of North Korean slave-labor camps fall into Mia's hands. The only way to save Dad: get the pictures out of the country. Thus Mia and Simon set off on a harrowing journey to the border, without food, money, or shelter, in a land where anyone who sees them might turn them in, and getting caught could mean prison -- or worse.An exciting adventure that offers a rare glimpse into a compelling, complicated nation, <I>In the Shadow of the Sun</I> is an unforgettable novel of courage and survival.